President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud gesture during a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 20, 2017. Getty DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia's king "might…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is addressing reporters at the State Department on Wednesday before he departs on Friday for a four-nation Asian tour, including stops in Tokyo, Pyongyang and Seoul. Throughout his trip, Pompeo will "reiterate the Administration's continued…
Minister for Jobs, Industrial Relations and Women Kelly O'Dwyer speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House on September 13, 2018 in Canberra, Australia. Getty SYDNEY -- After almost two decades of political wrangling Australia on Wednesday…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Saudi journalist who has written Washington Post columns critical of the kingdom's assertive crown prince has gone missing after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the newspaper said Wednesday, raising concerns over his safety.…
A month-long meeting of Catholic bishops from around the world gets underway Wednesday at the Vatican. Pope Francis opened the meeting Wednesday morning, which is designed to attract the young back to the church. Even before it began, the meeting…
First lady Melania Trump tours a former slave holding facility on the coast of Ghana on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. pool First lady Melania Trump visited a former slave holding facility on the coast of Ghana on the second day…
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis looks on during a press conference after a meeting with French Defence Minister at the French Defence ministry in Paris on October 2, 2018. AFP BRUSSELS -- Acting to counter Russia's aggressive use of cyberattacks…
U.S. pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, escorted by Turkish plainclothes police officers, arrives at his house on July 25, 2018, in Izmir. Getty Images ANKARA, Turkey -- The lawyer for an American pastor at the center of a spat between NATO…
Chinese Hollywood movie star Fan Bingbing poses at the 71st Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 11, 2018. REUTERS BEIJING -- Chinese tax authorities have ordered "X-Men" star Fan Bingbing and companies she represents to pay taxes and penalties…
Judges enter the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 3, 2018, where they ruled on an Iranian request to order Washington to suspend U.S. sanctions against Tehran. AP THE HAGUE -- The United Nations'…
PALU, Indonesia -- Aid was slowly making its way into areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that struck a central Indonesian island on Wednesday, but the scale of the destruction from the twin disasters was still becoming clear. Officials…
Nov. 22, 2010, photo shows notorious French criminal Redoine Faid posing prior to interview with French all-news TV channel LCI as he was promoting his book, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris IBO/Sipa via AP A gangster who made a Hollywood-esque helicopter jailbreak…
PALU, Indonesia — The rescue effort in Indonesia after a deadly 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami is now increasingly a grim recovery operation. At least 1,300 people have been killed and the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake…
Last Updated Oct 2, 2018 8:51 AM EDT PHOENIX — Remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa drenched parts of the desert Southwest on Tuesday, slowing morning commute in metro Phoenix as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the city, central…
UNITED NATIONS -- The Trump administration reversed visa policy this week for same-sex partners of United Nations staff, saying they must marry their partners by the end of the year or leave the U.S. within 30 days of the December 31 deadline. In…
Supporters of the movement to boycott the referendum vote celebrate in the street after election officials announced low voter turnout figures on September 30, 2018 in Skopje, Macedonia. / Getty Images A referendum to change the name of Macedonia appears…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2018. REUTERS VIENNA, Austria -- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog Tuesday refused to "take at face…
Brooks Koepka of the United States signed a glove and gave it to a woman who was hit by his ball on the sixth hole during the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National on Sept. 28, 2018, in Paris, France.…
41 Photos The body of air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung, who died in Friday's earthquake, is carried to a helicopter during his funeral procession in Makassar, south Sulawesi, Indonesia September 29, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media.…
First lady Melania Trump met over tea with Ghana's first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo after arriving in the West African nation on Tuesday to open her first extended solo international tour. It's also her first visit to Africa. A spokeswoman for…
The Regina Seaways ferry, operated by Danish ferry company DFDS, is seen in a file corporate photo. DFDS COPENHAGEN -- Danish ferry operator DFDS says that 294 passengers have been stranded after one of its ships had an engine breakdown…
PALU, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities were still desperately working on Tuesday to get food and other aid to victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck last Friday. Drone video has revealed the widespread destruction from the twin natural…
An image provided by the Royal Academy of Sciences on Oct. 2, 2018, shows the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics, from left to right: American Arthur Ashkin, Frenchman Gerard Mourou and Canada's Donna Strickland. Royal Academy of…
A 2014 file photo shows suspected Al-Shabab militants captured during an attack on an African Union base in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP JOHANNESBURG -- The U.S. military says it has conducted an airstrike that killed nine al-Shabab extremists after its fighters attacked…