Momentum continues to gather between Washington and Pyongyang, with the United States offering conditional support on security and private investment, a month ahead of a historic summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
SURABAYA, Indonesia - An Indonesian family detonated explosives outside police headquarters in Surabaya, the country's second-largest city, on Monday, a day after members of another family launched coordinated suicide bombings on three city churches that killed at least 14 people and wounding dozens others.
LONDON - The United Kingdom may lose its influence on EU security and defense policy after it leaves the European Union, according to a parliamentary report on Monday which urges the government to put forward proposals for future cooperation.
BAGHDAD - Millions of Iraqis headed to polling stations across the country on Saturday to vote for the next parliament, with hopes that the election can make a difference to their lives after unrelenting chaos, violence and poor governance since the US-led invasion in 2003.
ANKARA - Turkey is set to receive its first F-35 aircraft, the world's most advanced fighter jet, despite an initiative launched by United States senators to block the delivery amid faltering relations between the countries.
LONDON - Workers in Britain are suffering the worst pay squeeze for two centuries, the head of the Trades Union Congress told a major rally in London's Hyde Park on Saturday.
GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that stopping the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be a serious, tough and costly challenge.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities have barred a US diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing a military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media reported on Saturday.
SURABAYA, Indonesia - Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in horror at one of the worst attacks on its Christian minority.
PARIS - A knife-wielding assailant killed a 29-year-old man and injured four others in a lively neighborhood near Paris' famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police on Saturday night. The Islamic State group claimed the attacker as one of its "soldiers".
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's new leader Mahathir Mohamad said he barred his predecessor and his wife from leaving the country to prevent them from fleeing from possible prosecution over a massive corruption scandal.
SEOUL/WASHINGTON - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear bomb test site for between May 23 and 25 in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, DPRK media reported on Saturday a month ahead of a historic summit.
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