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Saudi-led airstrikes hit capital after departure of UN envoy

Dialogue is the only way to solve the current crisis in Yemen, a Chinese expert said, as the Saudi Arabia-led coalition launched airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday evening, hours after United Nations special envoy Martin Griffiths left the rebel-held city.

US ambassador to Germany criticized for media comments

BERLIN - A member of the German government on Tuesday accused the new US ambassador in Berlin of meddling in domestic politics and aggravating already tense ties, as left-wing parties called for the staunch ally of Donald Trump to be expelled.

Italy's new PM vows radical change in debut Parliament speech

ROME - Italy's new prime minister promised on Tuesday to bring radical change to the country, including more generous welfare and a crackdown on immigration, as the two party bosses who hold the keys to his anti-establishment government nodded their approval.

Over 118,000 voters accidentally left off rolls in California's vote

LOS ANGELES - A total of 118,522 voters' names were left off the rolls in Los Angeles County in Tuesday's primary vote for the 2018 midterm election, the county's election authority confirmed.

Wife of former Malaysia leader questioned

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Anti-corruption investigators questioned the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday about alleged theft and money-laundering involving the 1MDB state investment fund, as officials announced a probe into other suspicious multibillion-dollar transactions under Najib's leadership.

Secluded resort chosen for Trump-Kim talks

Preparations have reached full swing as the White House confirmed on Tuesday that the highly-anticipated summit between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will take place at a hotel on the Singaporean island of Sentosa.

'Nobody is left': Volcano ravaged entire families

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala - Lilian Hernandez wept as she spoke the names of aunts, uncles, cousins, her grandmother and two great-grandchildren - 36 family members in all - missing and presumed dead in the explosion of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire.

Japan's Kobe Steel raided as fake data scandal rumbles on

TOKYO - The Tokyo head office and other facilities of Kobe Steel Ltd were raided by police and prosecutors on Tuesday over a protracted quality data fabrication scandal that has raised concern about the nation's manufacturing industry.

EU hits back at US tariffs as trade row heats up

A full-on trade war between the United States and the European Union has moved a significant step closer following the European Commission's decision to endorse the imposition of additional duties on selected imports from the US to the EU, in response to tariffs being imposed on EU steel and aluminum products by the US.

Tensions over Iran nuclear deal escalate

Iran's declaration that it could increase its uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart risks sailing close to the "red line", France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday.

Iran to hike uranium enrichment capacity

TEHERAN - Iran notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday.