By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE and DANICA COTO, Associated Press ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Hurricane Maria smashed into Dominica with 160 mph winds, ripping the roof off even the prime minister's residence and causing what he called "mind-boggling" devastation Tuesday as it plunged into a Caribbean ...

By LORNE COOK, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An intact German World War I submarine containing the bodies of 23 people has been found off the coast of Belgium, authorities said Tuesday. Western Flanders Governor Carl Decaluwe told The Associated Press that the find on the floor of the ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — With a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing from the United Nations and others, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said her country does not fear international scrutiny and invited diplomats to see some areas for ...

By ROBIN McDOWELL, Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, the minority ethnic group is, quite literally, being wiped off the map. After a series of attacks by Muslim militants last ...

By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops battling the Islamic State militant group crossed to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir el-Zour on Monday, threatening a potential faceoff with the U.S.-backed forces operating there. But the U.S.-led coalition ...

By DANICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria grew into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean, and forecasters warned it was likely to become even ...

By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan (AP) — Italian star tenor Andrea Bocelli made a pilgrimage to the traditional site of Jesus' baptism Monday, praying for peace as he stood on the edge of the River Jordan. Bocelli, 58, who is blind, was guided by a priest who scooped up ...

VIENNA (AP) — Vienna police and municipal officials say a 14-year-old girl from Afghanistan has been stabbed to death and that her 18-year-old brother has confessed to the slaying. Petra Mandl of Vienna's Youth and Family Offices says the girl had been living in a crisis center run by the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort city of Cancun say gunmen have killed two agents who were investigators for the state prosecutor's office, as well as a child who was with them. Quintana Roo state prosecutor Miguel Angel Pech Cen says the investigators were leaving a ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition is blaming the government of President Nicolas Maduro for the death of a city councilman who they say suffered a stroke while in detention. Leaders of the First Justice party say Carlos Garcia died Sunday after suffering a stroke in ...

By JOSH LEDERMAN, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro seemed rattled. The Cuban president sent for the top American envoy in the country to address grave concerns about a spate of U.S. diplomats harmed in Havana. There was talk of futuristic ...

By JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press TUMBRU, Bangladesh (AP) — Days after fleeing their village on the Myanmar side of the border fence, a group of Rohingya Muslims watched from just inside Bangladesh as yet another house went up in flames. "You see this fire today," said Farid Alam, one of ...

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon hurtling over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean in a launch that signals both ...

By ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces said Thursday he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb, suggesting a heightened U.S. concern that the North has advanced to a new level of ...

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of British police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during the morning rush hour. The explosion — labeled a terrorist attack by ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A high-ranking priest working in the Vatican's embassy in Washington has been recalled after U.S. prosecutors asked for him to be charged there and face trial in a child pornography investigation, Vatican and U.S. ...

By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar's emir is persona non grata to four U.S.-allied Arab states that accuse his wealthy Gulf nation of sponsoring extremists, but he recently received a warm welcome at the sprawling military base his troops share with ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Conservationists say the elusive snow leopard — long considered an endangered species — has been upgraded to "vulnerable." The reclassification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, follows a three-year assessment during which experts determined ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian archaeologist says a well-preserved, if rusty, iron sword dating to the Viking era has been found in southern Norway. Lars Holger Piloe says the nearly one-meter-long (3-foot) sword was found slid down between rocks with the blade sticking out, and may ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition at war in Yemen says a Saudi pilot has died due to a technical failure in the region of Abyan during an operation there against al-Qaida. The statement, published Thursday in the state-run Saudi Press Agency, says the incident occurred ...