The head of Daesh (ISIS) in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province Saturday night, authorities said Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air operation by Afghan and foreign...

Yemen's Houthi group fired a Zelzal-1 missile in the direction of Saudi Arabia's province of Jizan, the Houthis' Masirah TV said in a tweet Sunday. The missile targeted "gatherings of Saudi soldiers," it said.

Britain is to start work on its own satellite navigation system to rival the European Union's Galileo project because the U.K.'s access to sensitive security information could be restricted after Brexit, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Galileo, a 10 billion euro ($11.44 billion)...

Pope Francis in Ireland Sunday "begged for God's forgiveness" for the child sexual abuse scandal rocking the church but faced accusations by a former Vatican official that he had personally ignored allegations against senior clergy. Francis is due to speak in front of some 500,000...

Sirens wailed while workers piled sandbags in front of hotels and police blared warnings to tourists to leave the world-famous Waikiki Beach as Hurricane Lane barreled north after dumping nearly 2 feet of rain on Hawaii's mostly rural Big Island. Emergency crews rescued five California...

Russia accused Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) of intercepting its military aircraft over the Black Sea in a dangerous fashion designed to provoke Moscow after the RAF made two such interceptions in a single week. The accusation, leveled by Russia's embassy in London, came after the RAF...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani  on Sunday rejected the resignations of the intelligence chief and the interior and defence ministers, as the government faces fierce criticism over an increasingly deadly insurgency. Ghani called on Defence Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister...

World athletics chief Sebastian Coe has dismissed concerns over countries potentially boycotting next year's world championships in Doha over simmering political tensions in the Gulf region. The oil-rich state of Qatar has been cut off by some of its powerful Arab neighbours, including Saudi...

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that the United States could reach a "big Trade Agreement" with Mexico imminently. "Our relationship with Mexico is getting closer by the hour. Some really good people within both the new and old government, and all working closely together,"...

More than 200 supporters of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement have staged a rally in the Swedish capital, chanting slogans and waving the group's green-and-white flags. A six-hour rally was approved by Swedish police, who deployed a strong security presence around Stockholm's...

Egyptian security officials said Saturday four policemen and four militants have been killed during clashes in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula. The officials said that militants armed with explosives and RPGs attacked a checkpoint at the entrance to el-Arish city. They said another...

Manchester City offered hope to the chasing pack that the Premier League champions won't be the same unstoppable force as last season in a 1-1 draw at Wolves on Saturday, while Arsenal ended their wait for a victory under new boss Unai Emery. Everton's flying start to their new era...

At least 19 people died and another 23 were injured when a fire ripped through a hot springs hotel complex in northeastern China on Saturday, state media said. The blaze began in the early hours at the hotel and spa in Harbin, capital of the Heilongjiang province, the official Xinhua...

For Michael Cohen and Donald Trump, it's always been about money and loyalty. Those were guiding principles for Cohen when he served as more than just a lawyer for Trump during the developer's rise from celebrity to president-elect. Cohen brokered deals for the Trump Organization, profited...

The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza. The department notified Congress of the decision Friday in a brief, three-paragraph notice sent first to...

Pope Francis arrives Saturday in Ireland, ground zero of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, with the institution under fire across the globe for its systemic failures to protect children from priestly rapists or punish bishops who hid the crimes. Francis is expected to meet with victims...

Pope Francis should rid the Catholic Church of "every rotten apple" and announce concrete measures against sexual abuse by the clergy during his visit to Ireland, a prominent Irish victim told AFP. Marie Collins, who resigned from a Vatican commission on child protection last year over...

For someone carrying a nation's hopes and dreams on her shoulders, Japan's teenage swim sensation Rikako Ikee looks unfazed. After scooping a record six gold medals at a breakout Asian Games, the 18-year-old knows she will come under intense pressure to deliver at the 2020 Olympics in...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company would continue to be publicly traded, weeks after suggesting that he would take the pioneering electric carmaker private. Musk met Tesla's board of directors on Thursday "and let them know that I believe the better path is for Tesla to...

Japan's Hiroto Inoue was accused of pushing Bahraini runner Elhassan Elabbassi and denying him gold as controversy overshadowed the end of the Asian Games marathon on Saturday. Both athletes had complaints rejected by race officials after they made contact during a thrilling sprint...