China greets Hun Sen over election win

China expressed sincere congratulations, as a good neighbor and friend, on the successful election of the Cambodian National Assembly, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday.

Zimbabwe votes in first election after Mugabe

Zimbabweans went to the polls on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, hopeful that the new government will deliver on their campaign pledges of economic transformation.

Navy on parade as Putin promises progress

Russia demonstrated its naval might in its second largest city of St. Petersburg on Sunday with a parade of troops, vessels and aircraft on the Neva River.

Freed Palestinian teen wants to study law to help people

NABI SALEH, West Bank - Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison on Sunday and told throngs of journalists and wellwishers that she now wants to study law to defend her people.

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Parties hold final rallies before vote

HARARE - Zimbabwean political parties concluded their campaigning on Saturday ahead of Monday's vote.

Death toll from California fire grows to five as blistering blaze rages on

REDDING, California - Two young children and their 70-year-old great-grandmother died in the wildfire that swept into the city of Redding with devastating speed, their family said on Saturday, raising the death toll from the blaze to five.

Iraqi PM sacks electricity minister after weeks of protests

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity after three weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power cuts in the country.

Powerful quake hits Indonesia's Lombok, at least 14 killed

SEMBALUN, Indonesia - A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday killing 14 people and sending villagers fleeing from their beds into open fields to avoid collapsing buildings.

Iran woos local investors as US sanctions loom

DUBAI - Iran plans to offer price and tax incentives to private investors to take over idle state projects and help boost the economy, state media reported on Saturday, as the country faces likely US sanctions and the exit of many foreign companies.

US-Russia ties on rollercoaster ride

When US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, for their first summit, many believed it might help ease the deeply strained bilateral relations.

Fire-stricken Greeks demand PM action

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced mounting criticism on Saturday after wildfires that killed at least 88 people plunged Greece into grief just as it was healing from years of painful bailouts.