November 1, 2018 The Latest: Syria complains to UN about US airstrikes The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Syria's Foreign Ministry is complaining to the U.N. about airstrikes carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group citing new mass graves discovered.
November 1, 2018 Forces from Egypt, 5 other Arab nations to start joint drill Ground, air and naval units from five Arab nations are arriving in Egypt to join their Egyptian counterparts for war games, according to the Egyptian military, in the first sign that a military alliance proposed by Washington for its Middle East partners may be gaining traction.
November 1, 2018 US, Turkey to begin patrols around northern Syrian town Joint U.S.-Turkish patrols will begin within hours around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, part of a roadmap for easing tensions between the two NATO allies, an official with a U.S.-backed militia said Thursday.
November 1, 2018 Yemeni rebels seek pressure on Saudis as US calls for truce A leading Yemeni rebel figure on Thursday described the Trump administration's calls for a cease-fire in his country as "positive" but urged more international action to stop deadly airstrikes by the rebels' adversary, a U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition.
November 1, 2018 China hosts El Salvador as nations cut ties with Taiwan Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren was due to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, just months after the small Central American nation broke its diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
November 1, 2018 The global lost: 56,800 migrants dead and missing in 4 years One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South African cemetery.
October 31, 2018 North Korea women suffer serious sexual abuse but no 'MeToo' North Korean refugees say sexual violence against women in their former homeland is part of daily life.
October 31, 2018 S. Korea's Moon: N. Korean leader Kim to visit Seoul 'soon' South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
October 31, 2018 Mexico court sets precedent on legal, recreational pot use Mexico's Supreme Court issued two more rulings Wednesday ordering that complainants in individual cases be allowed to use marijuana for recreational purposes, establishing a precedent that a blanket prohibition on pot is unconstitutional.
October 31, 2018 Former Peruvian first daughter detained in corruption probe Former Peruvian first daughter Keiko Fujimori was ordered back to jail Wednesday in a case that has captured attention in the South American nation reeling from a series of corruption scandals reaching into the highest echelons of power.
