Trump faces 'carnival of protest' in Britain

EDINBURGH/LONDON - A barrage of nationwide protests will greet US President Donald Trump's four-day trip to Britain from Thursday, with organizers hoping to stage one of the country's biggest demonstrations in decades following a series of diplomatic spats.

Houthi leader calls for mass mobilization against coalition

SANAA - The leader of the Houthi rebels in Yemen on Saturday called for a public mobilization to reinforce his fighters in the war against a Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces in the Yemeni Red Sea coast.

Police continue hunt for poison in spy case

LONDON - Authorities conducted extensive forensic tests on Saturday looking for the source of a nerve agent that sickened two people thought to have handled a contaminated item from the March attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter.

US strikes 'gangster-like' attitude

The third visit by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ended in disagreement, leaving the process of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in doubt.

May faces hard sell of Brexit deal to MPs, EU

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has persuaded her euroskeptic ministers to back a plan for closer trade ties with the EU after Brexit, but some of her MPs expressed alarm - and she must still sell it to Brussels.

Rescuers grab chance to extract team from Thai cave

MAE SAI, Thailand - The dangerous mission to rescue 12 Thai schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave for more than two weeks began on Sunday night.

President speaks out on Italian hard line

ROME - Italian President Sergio Mattarella said this week it was "irresponsible" for the new Italian government to let its strict anti-migrant policies put the European Union's open border laws at risk, adding his voice to a growing chorus of public figures opposed to the measures.

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Pompeo heads to DPRK for third visit

The solution to tensions on the Korean Peninsula lie not only in denuclearization but also in a new peace mechanism, a Chinese expert said, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Friday aiming to push the implementation of details agreed during the DPRK-US summit last month in Singapore.

24 dead in Mexican town where fireworks disasters common

TULTEPEC, Mexico - First a horrific blast rocked the town of Tultepec, a place already notorious for deadly fireworks accidents, and emergency workers rushed in to rescue the injured.

Japan hangs 7 for cult sarin attack in 1995

TOKYO - Japan on Friday executed the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 13 people and shattering the country's myth of public safety.

Thai diver dies in cave rescue

MAE SAI, Thailand - A former Thai military diver has drowned while helping in the operation to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, officials said on Friday, highlighting fears over the painstaking operation to extract the youngsters.