WASHINGTON - The United States has banned electronic devices such as laptops and tablets from cabin luggage on flights originating from eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa, local media reported.
WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday defended President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessor Barack Obama had ordered wiretapping Trump Tower and played down FBI's probe into Russian election meddling.
BEIRUT - Rebels and jihadists on Tuesday launched a fresh assault on east Damascus, two days after Syrian government forces repelled an initial attack, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
PARIS - Centrist Emmanuel Macron solidified his status as front-runner in France's presidential election on Monday in a televised debate during which he clashed on immigration and Europe with his main rival, far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
OAKLAND, UNITED STATES - They welded pipes. They drew blueprints. And, of course, they fastened munitions and machine parts together with rivets.
TOKYO - The prospect of a cheaper funeral is being used to entice elderly Japanese drivers to give up their licenses as police step up efforts to prevent accidents caused by ageing motorists.
BRASILIA - President Michel Temer, confronting a corruption scandal tarnishing Brazil's lucrative meat industry, met on Sunday with executives and foreign diplomats to assuage health concerns tarnishing a sector responsible for $12 billion in annual exports.
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday began a tour of Britain as part of her ongoing engagement with devolved regions ahead of Brexit.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia in late April for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday.
PARIS - Blood tests determined on Sunday that a suspected Islamic extremist consumed drugs and alcohol before a frenzied spree of violence that ended when he took a soldier hostage at Paris' Orly Airport and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
SEOUL - South Korea's Culture Ministry said on Monday it had canceled licenses for two nonprofit foundations at the center of a political scandal that led to the ouster of President Park Geun-hye.
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