OTTAWA - Canada's long-anticipated 150th birthday celebrations on Saturday were marked by heavy rains and some protests, though the downpour failed to dampen spirits of revelers who thronged in large numbers to enjoy musical performances and parades.
DAMASCUS, Syria - A series of car bomb explosions, including a suicide attacker who blew himself up after being surrounded by security forces, rocked the Syrian capital on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 30 more, state TV reported.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early on Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related.
WASHINGTON - The US government has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a "close" family or business tie to the United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump's executive order that was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.
JAKARTA - From white water rafting in Bali to visiting temples on Java, former United States president Barack Obama's private family holiday is being closely tracked in Indonesia, where he spent four years as a child.
TOKYO - About 1,000 police fanned out across Tokyo on Thursday in a dragnet aimed at nabbing gangsters notorious for extorting companies on Japan's busiest shareholder meeting day of the year.
NEW DELHI - At midnight on Friday, India will introduce nationwide goods and sales tax with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking center-stage in parliament for what will be the country's biggest tax reform in the 70 years since independence from British colonial rule.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Once expunged from its official history, documents outlining the US-backed 1953 coup in Iran have been quietly published by the State Department, offering a new glimpse at an operation that ultimately pushed the country toward its Islamic Revolution and hostility with the West.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in, president of the Republic of Korea, may present a unified front over Pyongyang at the White House on Thursday and Friday, but tension over trade could puncture their effort to strengthen the US-ROK relations.
The global image of the United States has deteriorated dramatically since President Donald Trump took office in January, according to the latest Pew Center survey.
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