U.S. drops bid for December U.N. meeting on North Korea abuses: diplomats

2018/12/07 22:12:22

The United States has dropped a push for the United Nations Security Council to hold its fifth annua...

Explainer: How does extradition to the U.S. work?

2018/12/07 01:23:24

The arrest in Canada of a top Chinese technology executive for possible extradition to the United St...

'Our airplanes are safe,' Boeing says as officials push training

2018/12/07 00:57:04

Aviation authorities in Indonesia and India on Thursday pushed for more simulator training for Boein...

U.S. fails to win enough support at U.N. to condemn Hamas

2018/12/06 23:45:33

A U.S. attempt to get the United Nations to condemn violence by Palestinian militant group Hamas for...

Lawmakers propose Northern Irish amendment to May's Brexit deal: BBC

2018/12/06 23:27:41

Three lawmakers loyal to Prime Minister Theresa May have proposed new Brexit safeguards to give parl...

Russia must scrap or alter missiles U.S. says violate arms treaty

2018/12/06 22:29:24

Russia must scrap its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missiles and launchers or modify the weapons' ran...

Yemen warring sides agree at start of talks to free thousands of prisoners

2018/12/06 20:37:42

Yemen's warring sides agreed to free thousands of prisoners on Thursday, in what a U.N. mediator cal...

Greek police clash with protesters on anniversary of police shooting of teenager

2018/12/06 20:15:12

Greek police clashed with protesters on Thursday after demonstrations to mark the 10th anniversary o...

Explainer: What is China's Huawei Technologies and why is it controversial?

2018/12/07 01:23:24

The arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, a top executive at China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and daug...

White House, Trudeau seek to distance themselves from Huawei move

2018/12/07 01:23:24

President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant ...

Smugglers ingested Mexican cartel cash, say Colombia police after arrests

2018/12/07 00:21:36

Colombia has arrested 27 people accused of belonging to four smuggling networks which recruited yout...

Rejecting suggestions of delay, UK PM May's team says Brexit vote will go ahead

2018/12/06 23:27:41

Parliament's vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal will go ahead on Dec. 11, her office s...

Swiss cabinet set to rebuff EU in watershed vote on treaty

2018/12/06 23:05:24

Switzerland's divided cabinet looks bound for a clash with the European Union with its likely reject...

Fearing 'Act IV' of unrest, France to close Eiffel Tower, Louvre, at weekend

2018/12/06 20:50:52

France will close the Eiffel Tower and other tourism landmarks in Paris and draft in thousands more ...

Libyan election commission says needs budget for February constitution vote

2018/12/06 20:32:03

Libya's electoral commission has asked the government for $28.7 million, saying the funding is neede...