DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fallout from the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi nearly three months ago.
RAPPOLOVO, Russia - A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs - all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia.
KALIANDA, Indonesia - Searching a debris-strewn beach for victims of Indonesia's deadly tsunami, a rescue team happened upon a giant sea turtle trapped in a pile of marine trash.
NEW YORK - A transformer explosion at an electric power substation in the New York City borough of Queens lit up the night sky with a bright blue light on Thursday, mystifying some residents, but officials said no one was injured in the incident.
US President Donald Trump made a Christmas Day visit to Iraq on Wednesday to defend his decision to withdraw troops from Syria and declared an end to the role of the United States as the global "policeman".
Russia has expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine and vowed to make its economy more competitive globally to cope with the sanctions imposed on it by Western powers.
Romania takes over the presidency of the European Union on Jan 1 amid a growing rift within the bloc that some pundits say threatens its very existence.
OREGON, United States - An Oregon man became the first person to cross Antarctica alone without any assistance on Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic 54-day journey that was previously deemed impossible.
A groundbreaking ceremony to modernize and eventually connect road and rail transportation on the Korean Peninsula was held on Wednesday, building on the momentum of easing inter-Korean relations since early this year.
WASHINGTON - US Customs and Border Protection announced medical checks on all children in its custody following the death of an eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant - the second child fatality in US detention this month.
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