The king was also set to visit the northern region of Hail, in his first such tour since he ascended to the most powerful throne in the Middle East

Rescuers worked throughout the night to look for victims in the rubble of two dilapidated apartment blocks which collapsed suddenly on Monday

The individuals, reported to be five men and a woman, were picked up by the French security services in Brittany, north-east and south-east France

Americans are electing 35 senators in 33 states, as well as all 435 members of the House of Representatives

According to nearly all pollsters, the Democrats have a good chance of winning the House, while the Republicans are likely to retain the Senate

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad returned to leadership this year

The ordinance issued by the city of Wenshan in Yunnan province on Oct. 29

Even more sites could be uncovered in the months to come, the UN's human rights office in Iraq say

President Donald Trump's administration's resumption of sanctions on Iran took effect Monday

While his predecessors' portraits are all across the country, Kim Jong-un has long been styled as a successor

The 268-wagon train, owned by mining giant BHP, travelled for 92km (57 miles) with no-one on board in the outback Pilbara region on Monday

The Malaysian government has brought multiple corruption cases against former Prime Minister Najib Razak and officials in his administration

The EU launched a joint multi-billion-euro defence fund last year designed to develop Europe's military capacities

The UN says over 2,160 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will host their Chinese counterparts Friday in Washington

Police say the latest victim, 33, had been swimming with friends when the attack happened on Monday

Authorities counted more than 2,000 migrants entering the Jesus Martinez stadium by midafternoon Monday

The typo appeared during a live address at the Central Party School in Beijing

Chinese and Indian diplomats have been careful not to overtly take sides in the political turmoil

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy took seven of the 13 seats made vacant by death or resignation

The water outage has affected four million people in Mexico City itself and another three million in the suburbs

The crash occurs near Uvalde, about 85 miles (135km) west of San Antonio

Trump told a cheering crowd in Cleveland the media were “making a fortune” thanks to him and his supporters

At least 79 students and three others, including the principal, were seized early on Monday morning in Bamenda

Trump's ability to govern in final two years of his term will hinge upon the outcome of votes for all 435 seats in the House, and 35 of the 100 Senate

Some 100 rescue workers with sniffer dogs were combing the rubble "relentlessly", Denormandie said, while a drone scanned the wreckage from above

It said both the Paris prosecutor's office and the gendarmerie would carry out an investigation into the officer's death

Experts say the government has a near water-tight case likely to send Guzman, 61, to a maximum-security US prison for the rest of his life

Officials say the projects aim at re-planning slums and destroyed areas and attracting private investors to join the massively expensive task

The killing of the 59-year-old has severely dented the kingdom's image in the West

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on the brutal crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority when they were arrested

Meanwhile, Khashoggi's sons appealed for his remains to be returned so that he may be buried in Saudi Arabia

The latest tranche aim to significantly cut Iran's oil exports

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman welcomed US sanctions that took effect Monday targeting Iran's…

For China, Sri Lanka is a critical link in its massive Belt and Road Initiative

Airstrikes and naval artillery pounded rebel positions around the Red Sea coastal city

The new American sanctions particularly hurt Iran's vital oil industry

Smog is blamed for the deaths of more than one million Indians every year

The Trump administration is reinstating all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it