July 18, 2016 China announces South China Sea military exercises China says it is closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic waterway.
July 18, 2016 ADB says developing Asian economies to grow 5.6 % in 2016 The Asian Development Bank has cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 percent, down from its earlier forecast of 5.7 percent, but says their solid performances will help offset softness from the U.S. economy and near-term market shocks from Britain's vote to exit from the European Union.
July 18, 2016 Iraqi Shiite cleric calls additional US troops a "target" A powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric says the additional 560 U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq to upgrade an air base recently retaken from the Islamic State group would be a "target" for his supporters.
July 18, 2016 The Latest: Turkey cracks down on alleged coup plotters The Latest on Turkey's failed military coup.
July 18, 2016 US military installs Waldhauser as head of Africa command Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser has been installed as the new head of U.S. Africa Command.
July 18, 2016 Coca's comeback forces Colombia to rethink drug war Explosives experts wearing heavy body armor light a fuse and take cover behind a concrete-reinforced trench.
July 18, 2016 Emergency landing closes runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport A runway has been closed at one of Tokyo's main airports after a Hawaiian Airlines jet punctured its tires while making an emergency landing.
July 17, 2016 The Latest: 85 still hospitalized after Nice truck attack The Latest on the truck attack in Nice on Bastille Day that killed 84 people: (all times local): 11:45 a.m.
July 17, 2016 Turkish govt cracks down after coup try; 6,000 detained The Turkish government accelerated its crackdown on alleged plotters of the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the justice minister saying Sunday that 6,000 people had been detained in the investigation, including three of the country's top generals and hundreds of soldiers.
July 17, 2016 Reports: Bahrain court orders main Shiite party dissolved Local media in Bahrain are reporting that a court has ordered the country's main Shiite opposition group to be dissolved.
