Indian girl seeks father's arrest over lack of toilet

NEW DELHI - A seven year-old Indian girl has complained to the police to have her father arrested after he failed to build a toilet in their home as promised, police said on Wednesday.

Britain's May faces up to leadership challenge

Opponents of Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, mounted a challenge against her leadership of the Conservative Party on Wednesday, a move that culminated in a secret ballot of the party's members of Parliament later in the evening.

Conservative contenders

So far, none of Theresa May's critics have publicly stated they want to replace her as leader of the Conservative Party but several MPs do seem to be in the frame.

India's Modi concedes defeat in key state elections

NEW DELHI - India's ruling party lost power in three key states on Tuesday, dealing Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest defeat since he took office in 2014 and boosting the opposition ahead of national polls next year.

Trump threatens shutdown during televised spat

WASHINGTON - In a wild Oval Office confrontation, US President Donald Trump heatedly threatened to shut down the government on Tuesday as he and Democratic leaders bickered over funding for his promised border wall and offered a grim preview of life in Washington the next two years under divided government.

Hunt on for gunman after market attack

STRASBOURG, France - Hundreds of French security forces were deployed on Wednesday in the hunt for a lone gunman who killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in Strasbourg, with the government raising the security alert level and reinforcing border controls.

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Kiev to end key accord with Russia

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed legislation ending the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia, the presidential press service said.

Surviving reef 'more resilient to heat'

SYDNEY - Corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that survived bleaching from rising sea temperatures were more resistant to another bout of hot conditions the following year, scientists said on Tuesday, a "silver lining" for the embattled ecosystem.

EU-Iran trade vehicle could be ready by year-end

BRUSSELS - The European Union's foreign policy chief has said that a system to facilitate nondollar trade with Iran and circumvent US sanctions could be in place by year's end.

NASA's probe crosses into interstellar space

WASHINGTON - Voyager 2, a NASA probe launched in 1977 and designed for just a five-year mission, has become only the second humanmade object to enter interstellar space as it continues its marathon trek billions of kilometers from Earth, scientists said on Monday.

Plant 3m trees: Milan's ambitious plans to get city cleaner and greener

MILAN - If Italy's fashion capital has a predominant color, it is gray not only because of the blocks of neoclassical stone buildings for which the city is celebrated, but also due to its often-gray sky, which traps pollution.