Hostility as Trump visits gun victims

US President Donald Trump met on Wednesday with elected officials, first responders and victims of the deadly mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, as protesters blamed his rhetoric on immigration for stoking racial animosity.

Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests in Mississippi

MORTON, Mississippi - US immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants on Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.

Caracas to skip Barbados talks with opposition

Venezuela's government will skip a round of Norway-brokered talks on Thursday and Friday to protest a new set of US sanctions against the country, the Venezuelan Information Ministry said on Wednesday.

Washington 'ready' to sign post-Brexit trade deal

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country would be ready "pen in hand" to sign a free-trade deal with the United Kingdom post-Brexit, but US legislators who would have to approve any such deal have made it clear things would not be so simple because of the issue of the Irish border.

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Rouhani says Iran favors talks with US

TEHERAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Teheran favors talks with Washington but the United States must first lift sanctions it imposed on the Islamic republic.

1.5b people face extreme water stress

WASHINGTON - Nearly one-quarter of the world's population, or almost 1.5 billion people, live in 17 countries vulnerable to water shortages close to "day zero" conditions, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Modi's move draws praise, criticism

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to revoke the special status of the India-controlled part of the disputed Kashmir region is a bold gamble to end a three-decades old armed revolt and draw the territory closer to the rest of India, the country's media said on Tuesday.

Typhoon Francisco slams Kyushu Island

At least one man has died and several others were injured on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu as a strong typhoon hit the country on Tuesday.

Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan's government do more.

Democrats seek Senate recess vote on gun control

Democratic leaders in the US House and Senate on Monday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call lawmakers back to Washington to vote on a gun background-check bill following deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend.

EU: No real 'meaningful talks' over Brexit deal

European Union officials have said there is no real prospect of meaningful talks with the United Kingdom on a Brexit deal, even while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists on changes to the proposed withdrawal agreement.