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Prince Harry ‘Grateful’ for Chance to Return to Caribbean

LONDON — Prince Harry will return next month to Barbados, where he previously charmed locals with his dance moves.

6 Dead in Malaysia Hospital Fire

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A fire at a Malaysian government hospital killed six patients and injured 11 others early Tuesday, officials said.

3 Vietnamese Sailors Freed by Somali Pirates Return Home

HANOI, Vietnam — Three Vietnamese sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years have returned home.

South African Opposition Says ICC Withdrawal is Illegal

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's main opposition party on Monday tried to block a government plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, saying the move is illegal and that the country's top court should intervene.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, talks with Saudi King Salman in 2016 after the monarch arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo: Associated Press

Group: Russia, Saudi Don’t Belong on UN Human Rights Council

UNITED NATIONS — Human Rights Watch says Saudi Arabia and Russia's candidacies for the U.N.'s top human rights body are compromised by their actions in Yemen and Syria respectively, where they have been accused of unlawful attacks on civilians.

Hong Kong Court Sees Chilling Video Describing Torture

HONG KONG — A jury in Hong Kong watched chilling video Tuesday of a British banker describing how he tortured and killed an Indonesian woman he met in a bar, saying he repeatedly raped her and "tortured her badly."
A Pakistani volunteer and a police officer rush an injured person to a hospital on Monday in Quetta, Pakistan after two separate attacks in Pakistan. Photo: Arshad Butt / Associated Press

48 Police Trainees Killed in Attack, Pakistani Officials Say

QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen stormed a police training center late Monday in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 48 police trainees, authorities said.

France Moving More Than 6,000 Migrants, Destroying Huge Camp

CALAIS, France — Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags walked to a registration center in the French port city of Calais Monday, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they called home.

Bill Murray Accepts Humor Prize After Gentle Roast

WASHINGTON — In an evening filled with jokes about Bill Murray's elusiveness and quirky personality, it was David Letterman who provided the most touching moment as Murray was honored with the nation's top prize for comedy.

Police Hunting for 230 Escaped Drug Addicts in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities were searching Monday for 230 drug addicts are still at large after a mass escape from a rehabilitation center in southern Vietnam.

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