Survey closes lid on hidden rooms in Tut's tomb

CAIRO - New radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms inside King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to years of excitement over the prospect.

US accused of misleading over denuclearization

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday accused the United States of misleading world opinion by saying that the DPRK's commitment to denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula was the outcome of international sanctions and pressure.

Facebook users stick with platform despite scandal

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO - Most of Facebook's users in the United States have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners' permission, a poll released on Sunday showed.

Li's visit to Japan will boost relations

TOKYO - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming trip to Japan is of great significance to bilateral relations as well as regional cooperation and prosperity, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua said in a recent article.

Johnson in US to urge Trump to back Iran nuclear deal

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is the latest international figure to urge US President Donald Trump to support the Iran nuclear deal.

Hawaiians race home for pets, essentials

PAHOA, Hawaii - Hawaiians forced to flee repeated eruptions of the Kilauea volcano, which has already destroyed 26 homes as it spews rivers of lava and fountains of toxic gases into residential areas, were allowed to make a quick visits home on Sunday to rescue pets, medication and other essentials.

Bombing at mosque kills 14 as wave of attacks continues

KABUL - A bomb blast inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that was being used as a voter registration center killed at least 14 people and wounded 33, officials said.

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Hawaii braces for long upheaval

PAHOA, Hawaii - The number of homes destroyed by lava shooting out of openings in the ground created by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano climbed to five as some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared for the possibility they may not return for quite some time.

Tens of thousands rally at Paris protest over reforms

PARIS - Depicting the object of their ire as Napoleon, Dracula, Jupiter, a banker-king and Margaret Thatcher, tens of thousands marched through central Paris on Saturday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's sweeping reforms, a year after he took office.

Lebanese vote in first general election in nine years

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Polling stations opened on Sunday as voters cast their ballots in the first parliamentary election in nine years, amid calls for change and hope for a better future.

US reactivates Atlantic 2nd Fleet

WASHINGTON - A top US Navy admiral has announced the re-establishment of the US Second Fleet - a Cold War command disbanded in 2011 - to patrol the North Atlantic.