ROK gets 1st female foreign minister

SEOUL - A United Nations veteran was appointed on Sunday as the Republic of Korea's first female foreign minister, tasked with easing tensions over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear ambitions.

58 confirmed or presumed dead from London tower block fire

LONDON - London police on Saturday raised to 58 the number of deaths either confirmed or presumed following the horrific inferno that turned the city's Grenfell Tower public housing block into a charred hulk.

62 die in Portugal forest inferno

AVELAR, Portugal - Raging forest fires in central Portugal killed at least 62 people, many of them trapped in their cars as flames swept over a road, in what Prime Minister Antonio Costa called "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years".

PM Abe's support slumps amid school scandal

TOKYO - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slumped more than 10 points to 44.9 percent in a public opinion poll published on Sunday, amid opposition party suspicions he used his influence unfairly to help a friend set up a business.

Bodies found in search for sailors

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The search for seven United States Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan was called off on Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters.

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New Russia sanctions deal Trump fresh blow

BEIJING - As the US Senate passed new sanctions against Russia on Thursday,

Singapore PM fans flame of family feud

SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are "deeply troubling circumstances" over how the will of his father and the founding leader of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was drawn up, in the latest salvo in a family feud that has shaken the city state this week.

IS kingpin possibly killed in Russia strike

MOSCOW - The Russian army on Friday said it hit Islamic State leaders in an airstrike in Syria last month and was seeking to verify whether IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed.

Erdogan furious over US warrants for aides

WASHINGTON - US authorities on Thursday announced arrest warrants had been issued for 12 members of Turkish President Recep Erdogan's security detail for assaulting protesters in Washington last month, sparking a furious response from the Turkish leader.

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Blaze highlights social divide

LONDON - Within a short walk from the social-housing block in west London where 17 people - and likely many more - died in a devastating fire are some of Britain's wealthiest streets, lined with elegant, multimillion-dollar townhouses.