WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syria against launching an attack on the country's last rebel stronghold with the help of Russia and Iran, saying the offensive could trigger a "human tragedy." Syrian forces are massing around…
An image taken from video posted on Twitter by Michael Standaert on Sept. 2, 2018, shows a pole dancer performing during a back-to-school ceremony at the Xinshahui Kindergarten in Shenzhen, China. Twitter/Michael Standaert BEIJING -- A kindergarten principal in China…
High waves triggered by Typhoon Jebi are seen at a fishing port in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Sept. 4, 2018. KYODO/REUTERS TOKYO -- High winds and heavy rain whipped the Japanese cities of…
Monica Lewinsky at #IAmDancingMan party in Los Angeles in May 2015 Jonathan Alcorn / REUTERS JERUSALEM -- Monica Lewinsky said Tuesday that she stormed offstage at a Jerusalem speaking event because of an interviewer's "off limits" question about former President…
Counsel K.A Ramu, lawyer for American Gerald Mickelson, speaks to media after hearing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 4, 2018 Yam G-Jun / AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian court sentenced an American man to death by hanging…
Jalaluddin Haqqani, right, points to map of Afghanistan during visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, in October 2001 as his son Naziruddin , left, looks on STRINGER / REUTERS The founder of the Haqqani network, one of Afghanistan's most effective and feared…
RIO DE JANEIRO — Smoke rose Monday from the burned-out hulk of Brazil's National Museum, as recriminations flew over who was responsible for a huge fire that destroyed at least part of Latin America's largest collection of historical artifacts and documents. …
Smoke is seen during an explosion at the South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, South Africa September 3, 2018. Tony Da Silva/Twitter via Reuters SOMERSET WEST, South Africa — South African authorities say at least eight…
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO mission in Afghanistan said. U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, said…
GENEVA -- People smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya's coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys, the…
Pope Francis gives a short speech followed by the Angelus from the window of his apartment over St. Peter's Square on September 2, 2018 in Vatican City. Getty VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis recommends silence and prayer to react to…
Boko Haram militants, and at center, the man claiming to be the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, appear in a propaganda video disseminated online Jan. 20, 2015. KANO, Nigeria -- The death toll from a Boko Haram attack on a Nigerian…
A Malaysian Muslim women is silhouetted after reading the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan inside Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah mosque in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, in a July 14, 2014 file photo. REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia…
CEO of JD.com Richard Liu Qiangdong (right) arrives at the Great Hall of the People to attend the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at The Great Hall of People on March 3, 2018 in Beijing,…
Libyans gather at the site of where a mortar shell landed in the capital Tripoli on Aug. 30, 2018. Getty BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libya's police say some 400 prisoners have escaped from a jail in the capital amid fighting between…
Kyaw Soe Oo after court appearance in Yangon on August 20, 2018 Getty YANGON, Myanmar -- A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents. The ruling came amid mounting…
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sun. Aug. 2, 2018. Reuters Last Updated Sep 2, 2018 11:46 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO -- A massive fire tore through a…
A Somali soldier walks near the wreckage of vehicles at the scene of a blast outside the compound of a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Sun., Sept. 2, 2018. AP NAIROBI, Kenya — At least six people…
Projected path of Potential Tropical Storm Seven as of Sun., Sept. 2, 2018. National Hurricane Center Last Updated Sep 2, 2018 9:44 PM EDT Weather experts say heavy rainfall and winds are possible over portions of the central Gulf…
Wa Lone, center, gives two thumbs up as he is escorted by police to a courtroom for his on going trial in Yangon on July 17, 2018. Getty Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law during their…
President Trump warned Canada on Saturday that it "will be out" of a revised North American trade agreement unless it's "fair" to the United States, and he threatened to scrap the current deal should Congress "interfere" with the negotiations. "There…
A man inspects the wreckage of a bus at the site of a deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrike on Thursday, in Saada, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. Hani Mohammed / AP SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels…
Dutch police officers point their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after allegedly stabbing two people in Amsterdam's Central Station, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. AP Last Updated Sep 1, 2018 1:39 PM EDT AMSTERDAM — Authorities…
For the first time in eight years, Palestinians are receiving international mail. Letters, packages, presents and even a wheelchair have arrived in the West Bank after Israel released 10 tons of undelivered mail to the Palestinian territory. A dusty mailroom…