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...

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...

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...

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...

A European Union aid plan for Iran sends "the wrong message at the wrong time" to the government in Tehran, the US State Department said Friday. The $20.7 million EU assistance package "perpetuates the regime's ability to neglect the needs of its people and stifles meaningful policy...

The sexual abuse scandal dogging the Catholic Church is the result of a "cultural problem" that will take time to remedy, the Vatican's chief spokesman told Irish broadcaster RTE on Friday. Pope Francis is due to arrive in Ireland on Saturday for a historic two-day visit, but spokesman...

Clashes have broken out between Taliban militants and government forces in Afghanistan forcing some civilians to flee from their homes near the city of Ghazni, which the militants stormed this month, officials said Friday. The Taliban raided three villages on the outskirts of Ghazni...

The good news for Brazil's left ahead of October presidential elections is that its biggest candidate, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, easily leads the polls. The bad news? He's in prison. This bizarre situation leaves the once mighty Workers' Party in a state of turmoil over how to approach...

Scott Morrison was installed as Australia's seventh prime minister in 11 years Friday after a stunning Liberal party revolt instigated by hardline conservatives unseated moderate Malcolm Turnbull. Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton, an ex-police officer and right-winger, was the...

British tour operator Thomas Cook said it is removing all its customers from a hotel in Egypt after a UK couple staying there died in unexplained circumstances and other guests fell ill. The company said late Thursday it was unclear what caused the deaths of the Britons, reportedly in...

It's not vegan, it's "plant-based." So will carnivores bite? As companies try to cater to Americans' interest in lighter eating, the term "plant-based" is replacing "vegan" and "vegetarian" on some foods. The worry is that the v-words might have unappetizing or polarizing associations....

Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar was working on a TV advertisement to boost his exposure when news broke that his opponent, the heavily favored Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, was indicted. The 29-year-old former Obama administration Labor Department official whose...

President Donald Trump, incensed over a deal his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen cut with prosecutors, says it might be better if "flipping" were illegal because people "just make up lies." Trump, in a television interview broadcast Thursday, tried to play down his relationship his...

The Afghan government has not yet responded to Russia's invitation to take part in peace talks on Afghanistan that will include the Taliban, the TASS news agency quoted Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday. Russia has invited 12 countries, including the...

South Africa's government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into farm seizures and the "large scale killing of farmers" in the country. The government said Trump's tweet was based on "false information" and...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Moscow on Aug. 29, TASS news agency quoted a ministry spokeswoman as saying on Thursday. Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Russian capital on Friday, the ministry said.

A knifeman killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Thursday and seriously wounded a third person, a French Interior Ministry source said. The young man, who killed his victims out in the street before taking refuge in a house, was later shot dead by police when he...