Scores arrested in S. Africa for looting foreign shops

Early morning traffic was paralyzed and drivers forced to use alternative routes as violence broke out in several parts of Johannesburg in South Africa for the third day.

Hurricane Dorian kills five in Bahamas; three US coastal states order evacuations

PORT SAINT LUCIE, Florida - Monster storm Dorian hovered over the Bahamas as surging seawaters and ferocious winds sowed chaos in low-lying island communities, killing at least five people and spurring mass evacuations on the east coast of the United States.

Brexit impasse raises prospect of election gamble

The United Kingdom looks increasingly likely to be heading for a general election soon, less than two months after Prime Minister Boris Johnson took office, even as he tries to take the country out of the European Union on Oct 31. Johnson has said the UK will sever ties on that date, "do or die, come what may".

Xi greets Queen's envoy in Cook Islands

President Xi Jinping has sent a message to Tom Marsters, congratulating him on his reappointment as Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands.

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'Catastrophic' Dorian pounding Bahamas

In a slow, relentless advance, catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding the northern Bahamas early on Monday. One of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake.

Italy's Conte confident of finalizing talks over new govt

MILAN - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Sunday he expected to finalize talks to form a new government by Wednesday, as the 5-Star Movement and Democratic Party held intense discussions over the weekend to hammer out a deal on a common agenda and Cabinet posts.

Latest violence raises toll in US shootings in August to 53

The seven people killed near Odessa, Texas, by a gunman brings the number of victims of US mass killings by firearms to 53 in the month of August.

Germany's far-rightists gain in state elections

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, surged in last weekend's elections in two eastern states, preliminary results show, though the center-right and center-left winners will still outnumber the right despite their parties' decline in popularity.

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5 dead, 21 hurt in Texas shooting

WASHINGTON - A gunman hijacked a US postal truck and opened fire at random in the US state of Texas on Saturday, shooting dead at least five people and wounding many others before dying in a shootout with officers.

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