U.S. welcomes home remains of presumed war dead from North Korea
In a solemn ceremony, the United States welcomed home on Wednesday human remains it said presumably included Americans killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and thanked North Korea for making good on a June summit pledge to hand them over.
China says foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia after election
Foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia’s internal affairs, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told his Cambodian counterpart, following an election in the Southeast Asian nation that critics said was neither free nor fair.
Prosecutors at Manafort trial offer evidence of apparently fake invoices
Two witnesses in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Wednesday that invoices purporting to bill a company tied to Manafort appeared to be fake.
Most passengers in non-fatal Mexican plane crash were U.S. citizens
At least 65 U.S. citizens were aboard the Aeromexico passenger jet that crashed in northern Mexico, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, as investigators combed the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident.
Chile’s national prosecutor requesting Vatican sex abuse files
Chile’s national prosecuting authority said on Wednesday that it had asked the government to submit a formal request to the Vatican for information about nine clergymen and lay workers who have been accused of sexual abuse of children.
A crime or a right? Some Danish Muslims defy face veil ban
When a ban on the wearing of face veils in public took effect in Denmark on Wednesday, Sabina did not leave her niqab at home.
At least 65 U.S. citizens on board Mexican plane that crashed: U.S. embassy
At least 65 U.S. citizens were on board the Aeromexico flight that crashed on Tuesday in northern Mexico without fatalities, an official at the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department said on Wednesday.
Iran is seen readying major exercise as tensions with U.S. simmer
The United States believes Iran is preparing to carry out a major exercise in the Gulf in the coming days, apparently moving up the timing of annual drills amid heightened tensions with Washington, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
Israel halts fuel shipments to Gaza citing continued fire balloon launches
Israel will stop shipments of fuel and gas to the Gaza Strip from Thursday in response to militants in the enclave launching incendiary balloons that have torched fields in Israel.
Investigators retrieve black boxes from Mexican plane after stormy crash
Investigators sifting through the wreckage of an Aeromexico passenger jet on Wednesday located the plane’s flight recorders, which may hold clues about what caused it to crash as it took off during stormy weather in northern Mexico.
