By JOHNSON LAI and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Paraguay's President Santiago Peña said Friday that his country deeply values its ties with Taiwan, in a show of solidarity with the island democracy a day after Beijing asked the South American nation to sever ...

By ADAM SCHRECK, DAVID MCHUGH and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has created a government agency to vet and tax vessels seeking passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a shipping data company reported Thursday, as Tehran said it was reviewing the ...

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over weeks on a cruise ship as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. At least three passengers have died and several others are sick and were evacuated from the ship. Health ...

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. border official and former Hong Kong police officer were convicted Thursday of spying for China by carrying out what prosecutors called "shadow policing" operations in Britain. Peter Wai and Bill Yuen, both dual Chinese and British ...

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A group of Democratic U.S. senators have called for the U.S. Central Command to answer questions about American coordination with Israel in declaring broad " evacuation zones " in Lebanon and Iran, alleging that the practice may violate ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican raised the "need to work tirelessly in favor of peace" in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump's criticisms of Pope ...