April 5, 2017 Spain's King Felipe VI meets with Japanese Emperor Akihito Spanish King Felipe VI has met with Japanese Emperor Akihito in his first visit to Japan since ascending to the throne.
April 5, 2017 Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile off east coast South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast.
April 5, 2017 The Latest: North Korea fired medium-range ballistic missile The Latest on North Korea firing a missile from its east coast (all times local): 8:50 a.m. The U.S. Pacific Command says North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile at 6:42 a.m. Wednesday Seoul time from a spot on its east coast near the city of Sinpo.
April 5, 2017 Syrian activists say several dead in Idlib chemical attack Syrian opposition activists are saying there have been several people killed in a suspected chemical attack in a town in the northern Idlib province.
April 4, 2017 North Korea fires missile as US official says 'clock has now run out' on Pyongyang North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan Wednesday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, amid worries that the North might soon conduct banned nuclear or long-range rocket tests.
April 4, 2017 Indonesia arrests man who bought orangutan, leopard, bear Indonesian police say they saved a sun bear, a clouded leopard and a baby orangutan from the wildlife trade after a tip from conservationists who tracked the illegal activities through Instagram.
April 4, 2017 St. Petersburg subway blast: Killer may have met accomplices in Moscow The man believed to have unleashed a suicide bomb attack on a subway train in St. Petersburg, Russia, killing more than a dozen people, was identified Tuesday as a 22-year-old Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan.
April 4, 2017 St. Petersburg subway bomber identified as Kyrgyz man The intelligence agency in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan says the man behind Monday's deadly bombing on the St. Petersburg subway is a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen.
April 4, 2017 The Latest: Death in St Petersburg subway bombing now 14 The Latest on the deadly subway bombing in St. Petersburg (all times local): 11:20 a.m.
April 4, 2017 Huge pink diamond sells for record $71 million, most ever for jewel A giant pink diamond measuring 59.60 carats has sold at auction in Hong Kong for a record $71.2 million, the most ever paid for any diamond or jewel at auction, according to Sotheby’s.
