USA North Korea conducts 'important test' at once-dismantled site The announcement comes amid dimming prospects for a resumption of denuclearization negotiations with the U.S. 08/12/2019
USA Gunman who killed 3 at U.S. Navy base watched mass-shooting videos The shooter was at a dinner prior to Friday's rampage at which mass-shooting videos were viewed, an official said. 07/12/2019
USA Woman in Netherlands says she leaked secret Chinese documents on Uighur 're-education' camps The documents were the foundation of stories last month by NBC News and journalists around the world on the inner workings of the Uighur camps in China. 07/12/2019
USA Heavyweight title fight draws accusations of Saudi 'sportswashing' Ahead of Saturday's world heavyweight boxing title fight, human rights groups accused Riyadh of using sports to rehabilitate its image on he world stage. 07/12/2019
World News Chinese-American and Iranian men freed in prisoner swap Iranian Massoud Soleimani and Chinese-American Xiyue Wang were released in "prisoner swap" between two countries that have seen heightened tensions recently. 07/12/2019
USA American student freed in prisoner swap after three years in Iran jail Wang was released after more than three years in a Tehran jail in exchange for Iranian Massoud Soleimani, who was held by the U.S. for violating sanctions. 07/12/2019
USA U.S. says Iran may have killed up to 1,000 protesters Some Iranian experts inside the U.S. government have expressed caution about reporting on the death toll in the demonstrations. 06/12/2019
USA French transit strikes close tourist sites, creates traffic chaos for second day Public sector workers continued their strike amid fears President Emmanuel Macron's reforms will leave them with less retirement pay. 06/12/2019
World News Global measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinations The disease killed an estimated 141,000 people last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to the World Health Organization. 06/12/2019
USA Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape and murder, drawing cheers A large crowd had gathered at the site of the shooting and threw flower petals at police vans in support of the action. 06/12/2019
USA Britain's Labour Party risks losing its 'Red Wall' industrial heartlands Voters in Hartlepool feel they have missed out on the economic growth of the last few decades — and they're taking it out on politicians. 06/12/2019
USA Pipe dream: The African cannabis empire that never was A London firm planned a giant cannabis farm in the African jungle. Four years later there's little to show for it but dirt roads and a few angry investors. 05/12/2019
USA Russian agents planned hit from assassins' lairs in French Alps, say intel officials Western intelligence agencies tracked up to 15 members of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, including 2 who poisoned a defector in London. 05/12/2019
USA US Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment process will proceed US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that Congress will proceed with articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. 05/12/2019
USA France braces for severe disruption in mass strike over pensions Bracing for violence, the city's police chief instructed all businesses, restaurants and cafes to close along the major march routes. 05/12/2019
USA New Zealand PM aims to limit spread of hate at mosque shooting trial New Zealand's prime minister will do all she can to stop a man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers from spreading his message of hate at his trial. 05/12/2019
USA South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu in hospital The 88-year-old used the pulpit to preach against the injustices of white minority rule Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. 05/12/2019
USA Specter of U.S. interference looms over health care debate in U.K. The future of the National Health Service after Brexit has become a major talking point for Labour in its effort to oust the Conservatives in the election. 05/12/2019
USA Kim rides horse up symbolic peak for 2nd time as N. Korea raps Trump Mount Paektu and white horses are symbols associated with the Kim family's dynastic rule. 04/12/2019
USA Germany expels 2 Russian diplomats after linking Moscow to murder There are "enough indications" killing was "contracted by government offices of the Russian Federation or the autonomous Chechen republic," prosecutors say. 04/12/2019