Afghan President Ghani rejects resignations of top security officials

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said.

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China's Didi suspends Hitch ride-sharing service after female passenger killed

China's largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is suspending its Hitch services nationwide, the company said in a statement on Sunday, a day after police said a ride-sharing passenger in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was raped and killed by a driver.

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Strong earthquake hits northwest Iran, killing two and wounding 241: Tasnim

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, killing two and wounding 241, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

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Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigns from Cabinet

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday she has resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Cabinet, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Reuters journalists face verdict next week on Myanmar secrets charges

The judge in the trial of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar on accusations of obtaining secret state documents said on Monday he will deliver his verdict on Aug. 27, in a case seen as a test of press freedom in the fledgling democracy.

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Timeline: Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar

Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been detained in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. At the time of their arrests, they had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in Rakhine state.

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Spanish dictator Franco's family to oppose exhumation plan: media

The family of Spain's late former fascist dictator Francisco Franco will use all possible legal means to prevent a government plan to move their ancestor's remains from a grand monument near Madrid, Spanish media said on Saturday.

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Italy disembarks stranded migrants, Salvini under investigation

Italy on Sunday disembarked all 150 migrants from a rescue ship that had been docked for five days in a Sicilian port, ending the migrants' ordeal and a bitter stand-off between Rome's anti-establishment government and its European Union partners.

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Didi woman passenger killed amid China ride-hailing safety concerns

A ride-sharing passenger in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou was raped and killed by a driver for China's largest ride-hailing firm, local police said on Saturday, the latest violent crime to fuel safety concerns about the service.

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Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Iran, felt in Baghdad: USGS

A shallow, magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck about 55 miles (88 km) west-northwest of Kermanshah, in western Iran early on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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French government trims growth forecast for 2019 budget: PM

The French government will base its 2019 budget on a slightly lower growth estimate than it had previously expected, the prime minister said, insisting plans to rein in spending remained on track.

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Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement, victims say

Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the sexual exploitation of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic Ireland and, according to victims, said the corruption and cover up of abuse amounted to human excrement.

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Afghanistan's national security adviser resigns in break with president

Afghanistan's national security adviser, one of the most influential aides to President Ashraf Ghani, resigned on Saturday, a move one official said could be followed by his own bid for the top job in next year's scheduled election.

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