Assad praises Russian 'brothers' during visit to air base in Syria

DAMASCUS - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that his country won't forget the support of Russia, according to the presidential media office.

Cyberattack hits globe, link to WannaCry seen

PARIS - A new and highly virulent outbreak of data-scrambling software apparently sown in Ukraine caused disruption across the world on Tuesday.

Calls rise to resolve THAAD issue ROK president leaves for his first summit with Trump

SEOUL - Moon Jae-in, president of the Republic of Korea, departed for Washington on Wednesday for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump as pressure mounted on his administration to find ways of resolving the crisis over the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile shield.

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Trump, Modi vow to strengthen ties

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, eyeing a robust partnership despite their growing trade frictions.

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9 die as boat capsizes in Colombia

BOGOTA - At least nine people were dead and 28 others went missing after a tour boat with some 170 passengers onboard capsized on Sunday afternoon in northwest Colombia. Officials did not yet say what caused the El Almirante to go down in the Penol-Guatape reservoir in the tourist town of Guatape, in Colombia's northwest department of Antioquia.

Nations torch drugs worth $1 billion

YANGON/BANGKOK - Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia torched nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as police struggle to stem the rising flow of drugs in the region.

May strikes deal to get DUP support

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party struck a deal with the small Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party, which will allow her a slim majority in parliamentary votes.

Trump eager for big meeting with Putin

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is eager to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin with full diplomatic bells and whistles when the two are in Germany for a multinational summit next month. But the idea is exposing deep divisions within the administration on the best way to approach Moscow in the midst of an ongoing investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the US elections last year.

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Japan eyes UK agreement to ease impact of Brexit

TOKYO - Japan wants to hold informal free trade talks with the United Kingdom as it also works to sign a deal with the European Union, a report said on Sunday.