SEOUL, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics apologized Friday for illnesses and deaths of some of its workers, saying it failed to create a safe working environment at its computer chip and display factories. The announcement by the South Korean technology…
Chinese actor Jiang Jinfu poses at the Fendi fashion show during the 2017 Spring/Summer Milan Men's Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, 20 June 2016. Chen yichuan A Chinese movie and TV star has admitted he abused a woman he had…
TIJUANA, Mexico -- The mayor of Tijuana has declared a "humanitarian crisis" in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in…
HONG KONG — Researchers said Wednesday they have found a second patient in Hong Kong who contracted a strain of hepatitis carried by rats, in what appears to be the first known human cases in the world. The finding surprised…
VIENNA — The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog Thursday called on North Korea to allow inspectors back into the country to monitor its nuclear program. Speaking at a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Director General Yukiya…
NEW DELHI -- The first time American John Allen Chau visited the isolated island in the seas between India and Southeast Asia, he came bearing gifts that included a football and fish. He interacted with some of the tribesmen --…
Last Updated Nov 22, 2018 7:20 AM EST Six men have been convicted of various assault charges and sentenced by a Greek court in the brutal beating death of American Bakari Henderson. The verdicts handed down on Thursday were a…
In this Aug. 25, 2017, photo, Gen. Col. Igor Korobov, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, speaks during a news conference in the Russian Defense Ministry's headquarters in Moscow, Russia. AP…
An image from security camera video posted to Twitter shows a car, bottom right, driving away after plowing through a group of school children crossing a road in front of their school in Huludao, in China's Liaoning province, Nov. 22,…
Luisa Garcia was a 2018 African Great Lakes Reporting Fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation. As Dr. Kirimi Sindi drove past the lush, green, rolling hills of Rwanda, he called the region "the country of a thousand hills." He…
This undated family handout photo shows Matthew Hedges with his wife Daniela Tejada. Daniela Tejada/AP LONDON — A British academic was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates on charges that he was spying for…
A top Saudi official is using President Trump's response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to support the government's claim that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman isn't responsible for his death. "What we've heard is the president say that…
NEW DELHI -- An American is believed to have been killed by an isolated Indian island tribe known to fire at outsiders with bows and arrows, Indian police said Wednesday. Police officer Vijay Singh said seven fishermen have been arrested…
Meghan Markle is helping to spread the Thanksgiving spirit in the United Kingdom by visiting a community kitchen in London that offers kitchen space and meals for local residents that have been hit by tragedy. She has also helped to…
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill will be scrutinizing Ivanka Trump's personal email use in the White House in light of new revelations that she sent hundreds of messages about government business from that account last year. On…
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill will be scrutinizing Ivanka Trump's personal email use in the White House in light of new revelations that she sent hundreds of messages about government business from that account last year. On…
The U.S. and China are vying for worldwide dominance in two arenas, said the Pentagon's former head of intelligence, Michael Vickers. "Unlike the Cold War, it's about who is going to be the global leader – first with the biggest…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- South Korea's Kim Jong Yang was elected as Interpol's president on Wednesday, edging out a longtime veteran of Russia's security services who was strongly opposed by the U.S., Britain and other European nations. Kim's election…
NEW DELHI -- An American adventurer who kayaked to a remote Indian island populated by a tribe known for shooting at outsiders with bows and arrows has been killed, police said Wednesday. Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on India's Andaman…
NEW DELHI -- An American adventurer who kayaked to a remote Indian island populated by a tribe known for shooting at outsiders with bows and arrows has been killed, police said Wednesday. Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on India's Andaman…
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he make a determination as to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since May, including a number of women who campaigned for the right to drive, have been beaten and tortured during interrogation, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has detained at…
UNITED NATIONS — Tens of thousands of young children may have died in Yemen because of malnutrition since the start of the civil war there, according to a new report. "We are horrified that 85,000 children in Yemen may have died…