White House says Trump 'open' to Putin meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Friday that he has invited his US counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow for a second face-to-face meeting and that he was ready to come to Washington.

Risk of negative effects from trade aid to farmers

NEW YORK - For US farmers affected by the trade war unleashed by President Donald Trump, the $12 billion in emergency aid from his administration is a temporary remedy, and it comes with several potential negative side effects.

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DPRK's Kim pays tribute to Chinese war dead

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid tribute to the war dead of the Chinese People's Volunteers on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War (1950-53), the Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.

Typhoon barrels toward flood-hit Japan

TOKYO - A powerful typhoon is on track to batter parts of western Japan that were hit earlier this month by devastating flooding and landslides, Japanese officials warned on Friday.

Pakistan's Imran Khan wins vote without majority

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan's party the winner of Pakistan's historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he did not win an outright majority and must form a coalition.

'Serious' signs arson started deadliest wildfire in Europe

ATHENS - The Greek government said on Thursday that there were "serious" indications the fire in which most of the 82 people who perished in the nation's worst wildfires may have been started deliberately.

Scientists confirm Einstein's supermassive black hole theory

BERLIN - A team of scientists observing a star in the Milky Way have for the first time confirmed Einstein's predictions of what happens to the motion of a star passing close to a supermassive black hole.

US Senate pushes back on tariffs

The US Senate quietly passed legislation on Thursday that would lower trade barriers on hundreds of items made in China.

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Dams under probe after collapse; China offers help

Search for survivors hampered by weather, more heavy rain forecast

Saudi Arabia halts Red Sea oil exports

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was "temporarily halting" all oil shipments through the strategic Red Sea shipping lane of Bab al-Mandeb after an attack on two big oil tankers by Yemen's Houthi rebels.