Chaotic Afghan polls drag into day 2

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's parliamentary elections entered a second day after delays caused by violence and technical issues, as a roadside bomb killed nearly a dozen civilians on Sunday, including several children.

Train disaster families protest amid anger

AMRITSAR, India - Angry relatives staged a protest on Saturday on the tracks where a speeding train plowed into crowds watching fireworks, killing about 60 people in the latest disaster to bedevil India's railway network.

Greek PM Tsipras sworn in as foreign minister after resignation

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Greece's Foreign Minister before Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday, officially taking over the helm of the ministry from Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday.

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Trump treaty withdrawal leads to fears for security

As President Donald Trump announced that he will pull the US out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, experts said the complicated relations between the countries may become even more tense, increasing the possibility of armed conflicts.

Hundreds of thousands demand new Brexit vote in mass march

LONDON - Hundreds of thousands of protesters opposed to Britain's impending exit from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday, demanding a new referendum and to have a say on the government's final Brexit deal with the EU.

ASEM urges multilateral cooperation

Leaders from Asia and Europe agreed in Brussels on Friday to join forces on multilateralism while boosting trade and investment between the two continents.

Indian capital's smog will worsen next month

NEW DELHI - With a toxic smog beginning to envelop New Delhi as winter approaches, residents of the Indian capital are set to make matters a lot worse by burning hundreds of thousands of firecrackers to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali early next month.

Trump says Khashoggi likely dead

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Thursday that it "certainly looks" as though missing Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened "very severe" consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him. His warning came as Washington toughened its response to a disappearance that has sparked global outrage.

EU's Barnier says Irish border issue could scupper Brexit talks

PARIS - The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday the thorny issue of the border between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland could sink the negotiations on the United Kingdom's exit from the EU.

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US city befriends China through literature

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa has been called Aihehua (meaning "love the glamour of lotus") in Chinese, at least in the world of writers and poets.