Rudd: Returning fighters 'big threat'

CANBERRA, Australia - Former prime minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday said that Australian authorities must continue to monitor the return of Islamic State foreign fighters after police foiled a terror plot to bring down an Australian plane earlier this week.

Doha launches complaint against boycott

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Qatar has filed a wide-ranging complaint with the World Trade Organization against three of the four Arab countries that are isolating it, opening up a possible new path for negotiations with its opponents.

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Sharifs maintain political grip in spite of removal

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Pakistan Muslim League party has named Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as his successor, which means the Sharifs will maintain their power in the country's politics despite the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif by the country's top court on Friday.

New chief of staff marches into role

WASHINGTON - Retired Marine general John Kelly is a battle-hardened commander who will bring a background of military discipline and order to US President Donald Trump's White House as the new chief of staff.

Lifetime award for Chinese poet at British cultural festival

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom - Chinese poet Jidi Majia was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the third Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry Art Festival, which opened on Saturday at Cambridge University's King's College.

Two dead in German nightclub shooting

BERLIN - A gunman opened fire at a packed nightclub in southern Germany early on Sunday, killing one and wounding four before being shot by police, authorities said, ruling out a terror attack.

Australia foils airplane 'terror plot'

SYDNEY - Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, authorities said on Sunday, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney.

Japan fighters, US bombers conduct exercise off the Korean Peninsula

TOKYO - Two Japanese fighter jets and two US bombers conducted a joint exercise off the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kishida said.

Venezuela set to elect Constituent Assembly

CARACAS, Venezuela - Anti-government protests continued on Saturday, trying to derail a national vote to be held one day later to elect a 545-member National Constituent Assembly tasked to rewrite the constitution for Venezuela.

178 smuggled migrants rescued from truck in Mexico

COATZACOALCOS, Mexico - Scores of Central Americans being smuggled to the United States were rescued on Saturday from an abandoned truck in Mexico, a near-tragedy with chilling similarities to a deadly incident last week in which 10 would-be migrants to the US perished.

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