Exiled Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela for the first time since December and is testing the U.S.-backed government.

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Okinawa earlier this month, multiple Japanese media outlets have reported, in a case that has prompted renewed outrage over the conduct of US troops in the country.

President Donald Trump at a Sunday political rally predicted a trade dispute with Canada would ​be resolved "soon," without providing specifics.

Regional officials say high-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are in Tehran for talks aimed at preventing renewed fighting between Iran and Israel and the United States.

Flash flooding has inundated several areas of Thailand's island of Phuket after heavy rain overnight. Officials say all three island districts, including its capital of Phuket City, were

China's ruling ⁠Communist Party began ​its fifth plenum ‌on Monday in ‌Beijing, ⁠aiming ⁠to deliberate major issues about "sustained advancement ​of full and rigorous party ​self-governance", state television CCTV ⁠said.

Australia’s Parliament has resumed with enhanced security and paid tribute to a member who was injured last week in an alleged act of political violence.

The discovery of five baby orangutans abandoned on a plantation in eastern India is highlighting the country’s growing role as a destination for trafficked apes. Experts say wealthy