By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide "precise information" about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear ...

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for national elections but said it won't apply to the polls being held early next year. The caretaker system was introduced in 1996 and widely ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — FlyDubai, the lower-cost sister carrier of Emirates, said Wednesday it ordered 75 additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in a deal worth $13 billion. Emirates meanwhile bought eight Airbus A350-900 aircraft at a list price of ...

By TUNDE OMOLEHIN AND DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's president postponed his trip to this weekend's Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region ...

By HUSSEIN MALLA, BASSEM MROUE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The Israeli military carried out barrages of airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah sites, including weapons storage facilities, after a drone strike earlier in the day ...

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president Gustavo Petro has publicly released his bank records in an effort to demonstrate he has no ties to drug trafficking, an unsubstantiated claim made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Colombia's Financial ...