April 22, 2016 Up to 170 states poised to sign landmark climate agreement Up to 170 countries are expected to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal moves closer to entering into force years ahead of schedule.
April 21, 2016 China appears to confirm new ballistic missile test China's Defense Ministry appeared Thursday to confirm a test of an intercontinental missile.
April 21, 2016 North Korea may have restarted tunneling at key nuclear site Satellite images reveal that North Korea may have resumed work on excavating a tunnel at its main nuclear test site, signaling that another launch could be on its way, a monitoring website says.
April 21, 2016 Australian mom who brought TV crew to Lebanon reunited with kids An Australian mother in the middle of a high-profile, international custody battle was reunited on Thursday with her two children in Lebanon, a day after her release on bail.
April 20, 2016 Lebanese judge says Australian mother, TV crew free to leave An Australian mother and TV crew caught up in a high-profile child custody battle and detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman's two children from their Lebanese father are to be released on bail, a judge ordered Wednesday.
April 20, 2016 Panic over 'black figure' causes Malaysia school to close Sightings of a mysterious “black figure” reportedly caused fear and panic across a school in Malaysia over the last week.
April 19, 2016 Top Filipino politician apologizes for saying he should have raped missionary The front-runner in the Philippine presidential race apologized Tuesday for a campaign rally remark about wanting to rape an Australian missionary who was assaulted and killed by prisoners during a hostage-taking in 1989.
April 19, 2016 Australian leader says he plans to call rare early election Australia's prime minister says he intends to call a rare early election, with the nation likely to head to the polls in July amid waning popularity for the ruling conservative party.
April 18, 2016 No deal yet in Lebanese-Australian child custody case The Lebanese father of two children at the heart of a high-profile custody dispute says he will not drop the attempted kidnapping charges against his estranged Australian wife, who tried to take the children from him two weeks ago.