BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined her doubts about the reliability of the United States as an ally on Monday but said she was a "convinced transatlanticist", fine-tuning her message after surprising Washington with her frankness a day earlier.
SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered an investigation into the unauthorized delivery of four THAAD anti-missile launchers in addition to two deployed by the United States military before his election, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
NAIROBI - A railway built by the British government to tighten control over its African colony eventually played a part in ending its rule. This is one oddity Kenya's meter gauge railway has left for historians.
NEW YORK - Peacekeepers across the world are having to cope with increasingly dangerous environments and need help to do their work, according to the head of the United Nations.
BROOKHAVEN, Mississippi - A man who got into an argument with his estranged wife and her family over his children was arrested in a house-to-house shooting rampage in rural Mississippi that left eight people dead, including his mother-in-law and a sheriff's deputy.
MANCHESTER - Britain's MI5 intelligence service launched an internal inquiry on Monday into whether vital clues were missed in the run-up to the Manchester suicide bombing, as police arrested another man in connection with the attack.
CANBERRA, Australia - A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said on Monday that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-meter great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him off his feet.
President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday after flooding and a landslide left more than 150 people dead.
BEIJING - For Japanese ballerina Yoko Morishita, performing The White-Haired Girl went way beyond an intriguing mix of Western art and a Chinese story.
LONDON - Actor Roger Moore, who earned international fame playing British secret agent James Bond in seven movies, died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 89, his family said.