[ad_1] TOKYO U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed in phone talks that they would step up pressure on North Korea in cooperation with South Korea, a Japanese government spokesman said…

[ad_1] By Khaled al-Ramahi and Stephen Kalin | MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq Iraqis prepared on Sunday to celebrate an expected victory over Islamic State in Mosul, just blocks away from battles raging in the last…

[ad_1] By Sylvia Westall and Tom Finn | DUBAI/DOHA DUBAI/DOHA Qatar faces possible further sanctions by Arab states that have severed ties with Doha over allegations of links to terrorism, as a deadline to accept…

[ad_1] BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing three people on Sunday, officials said. Flames and thick clouds of black smoke rose from the site…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, calls that come as frustration builds in the White House over North Korea’s nuclear…

[ad_1] TOKYO Voters in the Japanese capital cast ballots on Sunday in an election that could spell trouble for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is suffering from slumping support because of a scandal over suspected…

[ad_1] LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure from her ministers to end the government’s policy of economic austerity as a new poll shows her popularity has slumped, according to the Observer. Health minister…

[ad_1] By Roberto Ramirez | MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after…

[ad_1] By James Pomfret and Venus Wu | HONG KONG HONG KONG Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won’t tolerate any challenge to…

[ad_1] LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May is making Brexit minister David Davis’s job of delivering Brexit harder because of her “absolutist” approach, according to his chief of staff who resigned last month. James Chapman…

[ad_1] By Nilufar Rizki and Jessica Damiana | JAKARTA JAKARTA A leader of Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organization has called for a boycott of Starbucks (SBUX.O), saying that the international coffee chain’s pro-gay stand risks ruining…

[ad_1] By Estelle Shirbon and William James | LONDON LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Sunday for a stronger response to Islamist extremism after three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London…

[ad_1] By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fathin Ungku | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Southeast Asian nations plan to use spy planes and drones to stem the movement of militants across their porous borders, defense officials said at the…

[ad_1] By Maher Chmaytelli | BAGHDAD BAGHDAD Shi’ite paramilitaries have captured the Iraqi town of Baaj from Islamic State, further shrinking the northern region under jihadist control as part of a U.S.-backed campaign to retake…

[ad_1] By Greg Torode and Raju Gopalakrishnan | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Several Asian nations are seeking to bolster informal alliances among themselves, regional diplomats and officials said, unsettled by growing fears that the United States could…

[ad_1] BEIRUT U.S.-backed Syrian militias said they seized a major dam on the Euphrates river from Islamic State on Sunday, their latest gain as they push towards Raqqa city. The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance…

[ad_1] By J.R. Wu and Katy Wong | TAIPEI/HONG KONG TAIPEI/HONG KONG Taiwan’s president on Sunday offered to help China to transition to democracy, on the 28th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests…

[ad_1] AL-HOCEIMA, Morocco Moroccan authorities stifled a women’s protest against official abuses and corruption on Saturday in a northern town where months of unrest has tested the North African kingdom. The protest in the town…

[ad_1] By Christine Kim and Soyoung Kim | SEOUL SEOUL North Korea “fully rejects” the latest U.N sanctions against its citizens and entities as a “hostile act” and will continue its nuclear weapons development without…

[ad_1] By Tom Allard | MARAWI CITY, Philippines MARAWI CITY, Philippines Thousands of civilians hoping to flee fighting in the besieged Philippines city of Marawi remained trapped on Sunday after a four-hour ceasefire to evacuate…