World News

Aircraft and ground troops from seven countries, including China and Russia, go through an "anti-terrorist" exercise at the Chebarkul tank range in Russia on Aug. 29.

World News

Russia's Multinational Military Exercise Last Week Was A Dry Run For Bigger War Games

5:54pm September 05, 2018

by Lucian Kim

The exercise, called "Peace Mission 2018," included 3,000 troops from China, India, Pakistan and other countries. Next week's war games are billed as the biggest Russian exercises since the Cold War.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Scientist In Botswana Finds 87 Dead Elephants That Were Killed By Poachers

5:35pm September 05, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

A scientist conducting a survey of elephants in Botswana found the carcasses of 87 elephants killed by poachers. The discovery points to a crisis in what is considered an elephant sanctuary in Africa.

Queue Listen Now

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted by Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on his arrival at the airport in New Delhi on Wednesday.

In New Delhi Talks, Mattis And Pompeo Seek To Bring U.S. And India Closer

5:27pm September 05, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are expected to discuss anti-terrorism, maritime security, China's influence — and India's reliance on Iranian oil and Russian arms.

Queue Listen Now

The Japanese government says that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant died as a result of radiation exposure.

World News

Japanese Government Acknowledges First Fukushima Radiation Death

5:20pm September 05, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Thousands of people died as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit in 2011, but this is the first death that the government says was caused by radiation. He was a Fukushima worker.

After being sentenced on Monday to seven years, Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted out of the courthouse by police. He and fellow Reuters journalist Wa Lone were accused of breaking a law on state secrets.

World News

U.S. Officials Condemn Reuters Journalists' Convictions In Myanmar

5:04pm September 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Vice President Pence said the two journalists should be "commended — not imprisoned" for exposing human rights abuses in Myanmar. They were handed a seven-year prison sentence, inciting global outcry.

A photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, who was arrested over the weekend in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal

Police In Minneapolis Say Chinese Billionaire's Arrest Was For Alleged Rape

4:57pm September 05, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested on Friday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct. He was later released and has returned to China.

Blackwater security contractors guard Zalmay Khalilzad, then the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as he arrives at a community sports center in Baghdad in 2006.

Zalmay Khalilzad Appointed As U.S. Special Adviser To Afghanistan

4:42pm September 05, 2018

The Afghan-born former diplomat served as U.S. ambassador in Kabul under President George W. Bush. In Afghanistan, views of Khalilzad are mixed, with some blaming him for many of the country's woes.

Toyota Prius model years 2016 through 2018 have been recalled by the manufacturer for potential fire risks.

Toyota Recalls Some Hybrids Citing Concerns About Vehicle Fires

4:30pm September 05, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

Of the nearly one million vehicles that have been recalled globally, about 192,000 Prius vehicles from model years 2016 through 2018 have been affected in the United States.

Two Russian men are accused of attempting to kill former KGB agent Sergei Skripal on March 4 — the same day they flew to Moscow. "We have no evidence that they re-entered the U.K. after that date," says Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu of the U.K.'s cou

World News

2 Russian Agents Carried Out Skripal Poison Attack, U.K. Says; Arrest Warrants Issued

1:30pm September 05, 2018

by Bill Chappell

British Prime Minister Theresa May said the pair "are officers from the Russian military intelligence service, also known as the GRU."

World News

U.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy

8:14am September 05, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

Scotland Yard says it has sufficient evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia with attempted murder over the poisonings in the city of Salisbury in March.

Queue Listen Now