Pompeo arrives in South Korea after nuclear talks in North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in South Korea on Sunday after visiting North Korea, where he had expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and discuss how to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs.
Indonesia to stop searching for quake victims on Thursday: agency
Indonesian rescue workers will stop searching for the bodies of victims of an earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi on Thursday, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday.
Iran parliament passes measures against funding terrorism
Iran’s parliament approved new measures against funding terrorism on Sunday, changes that officials hope will move Tehran closer to global norms and help remove it from investment blacklists as it faces renewed U.S. sanctions.
Prisoners riot, seize weapons at South Sudan detention centre
Prisoners rioted and seized weapons at a detention centre in South Sudan’s capital Juba early on Sunday, a security source and local residents said.
Palestinian gunman kills two Israelis in West Bank: Israeli military
A Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis and wounded a third on Sunday in an industrial park next to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said.
At least 11 dead, dozens injured as quake rocks northern Haiti
An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and sparking an overnight scramble to help towns in the impoverished Caribbean country battered by the shockwave.
Prisoners riot at detention center in South Sudan
Prisoners at a detention center in South Sudan’s capital Juba staged a riot early on Sunday, seizing weapons from a storeroom and triggering a stand off with guards, a security source and residents in the area said.
Taliban kill at least 10 police in central Afghanistan, officials say
At least 10 policemen were killed in clashes with Taliban fighters in the central Afghan province of Wardak, officials said on Sunday, amid fighting to wrest control of arterial highways a day after Taliban fighters blew up bridges.
Indonesia’s fickle quake spares some, destroys others at epicenter
Just 500 meters from the epicenter of the earthquake that triggered a wave of destruction in Indonesia, a modest wooden home built on hollow concrete foundations in Lende Induk village stands completely and remarkably unscathed.
Palestinian shoots three Israelis in West Bank attack: Israeli media
A Palestinian shot and wounded three Israelis, two critically, in an attack on Sunday in an industrial park adjacent to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reports said.
