Iran Summons Western Diplomats Over Deadly Parade Attack
TEHRAN, Iran — Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 60 in the deadliest terror attack to strike the country in nearly a decade.
Maldives Election Begins Amid Cries of Unfairness
Huge crowds flocked to closely guarded polling station on Sunday to vote in the Maldives' third multiparty presidential elections, widely seen as a referendum on the island nation's young democracy.
Californian Court Rules Child Can Take Cannabis Drug to School
SANTA ROSA — A California kindergartner can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy to her public school, a judge ruled Friday.
China Says US Must Not Interfere in Russian Weapon Deals
BEIJING — China summoned the American ambassador and the defense attache and recalled its navy commander from a U.S. trip to deliver a strong protest against economic sanctions Washington lodged over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air missile equipment.
Tourist Invasion Threatens Croatia ‘Game of Thrones’ Town
DUBROVNIK — Marc van Bloemen has lived in the old town of Dubrovnik, a Croatian citadel widely praised as the jewel of the Adriatic, for decades, since he was a child. He says it used to be a privilege. Now it’s a nightmare.
Mexico’s President-Elect Stuck Aboard Delayed Flight (Video)
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's austerity-minded president-elect has vowed to sell the presidential jet and fly commercial. And he even appears prepared to suffer the...
Suge Knight Pleads to Manslaughter Over Fatal Confrontation
LOS ANGELES — Averting a murder trial that had been nearly four years in coming, former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest...
Study of Puzzling Fossils Confirms They Came From an Animal
NEW YORK — Scientists say they've confirmed that puzzling fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal.
That would make...
Canada Declares Myanmar Treatment of Rohingya to Be Genocide
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada's Parliament has unanimously adopted a motion declaring crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be genocide.
The motion Thursday also...
UN Chief Urges Pardon for 2 Journalists Jailed in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he hopes Myanmar's government will pardon "as quickly as possible" two Reuters journalists jailed on charges...
