Official: India becomes AIIB's largest borrower

NEW DELHI - India is the biggest borrower from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, getting its projects financed to the extent of $4.4 billion in the past three years, said Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary at the Department of Economic Affairs, in an official statement.

Violence in Nigeria claims at least 86 lives

ABUJA - At least 86 people have been confirmed killed following a coordinated attack on several villages in Nigeria's central state of Plateau, police said on Sunday.

Sunken Indonesian ferry may have been located

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Authorities have identified the suspected location of an overcrowded ferry that sank last week in a deep volcanic crater lake but will need international help to recover the wreck, the chief of the national search and rescue agency said on Monday.

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Erdogan celebrates poll triumph

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won victory in the country's presidential election on Sunday, winning himself greater power under a new executive president system approved in a referendum last year.

DPRK, ROK start series of high-level talks

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea started a series of high-level talks on Monday to implement the April DPRK-ROK summit agreement.

At least 49 injured at Zimbabwe rally

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared on Saturday an explosion targeting at him "cowardly act" that would not derail the country's first election since former president Robert Mugabe stepped down.

New law exposes ugly truth of child marriage in US

WASHINGTON - The US state of New Jersey passed a new law on Friday to ban marriages under the age of 18, becoming the second state to do so in a country where child marriage is widely practiced.

London march demands 'people's vote' on Brexit deal

LONDON - Tens of thousands of people marked the second anniversary of Britain's EU referendum on Saturday with a march through London.

Tough agenda awaits new Turkish govt after elections, say analysts

ISTANBUL - Regardless of the results of Sunday's elections, the new administration in Turkey will face a tough agenda filled with problems waiting to be solved, analysts said.

Macron favors sanctions against EU countries refusing refugees

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he was backing eventual financial sanctions for European countries which refuse to cooperate over the migrant crisis.

US plans for Middle East meet cool reception

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said he is "ready to work" with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on a peace plan, a proposal that has been met with both skepticism and refusal in the region before its details are announced.