Armenia’s leader quits amid protests, saying ‘I was wrong’

YEREVAN, Armenia – Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled Armenia for 10 years, resigned Monday as prime minister after thousands of people poured into the streets to protest...

London court agrees to extradite Agrokor founder to Croatia

LONDON – A London court agreed Monday to extradite the founder of indebted Croatia-based food and retail company Agrokor, the country’s most-wanted fugitive. Ivica Todoric was...

Jailed Egyptian photojournalist wins UN press freedom prize

PARIS – The United Nations’ cultural agency ignored warnings from Egypt and awarded the World Press Freedom Prize Monday to an imprisoned Egyptian photographer. An independent...

Officials: Stolen California succulents, smuggled to Asia

SAN JOSE, Calif. – State wildlife officials say they have uncovered an international scheme in which thieves from Korea and China slip into wild landscapes in...

36 dead, mostly Chinese, in North Korea traffic accident

BEIJING – A traffic accident in North Korea has killed 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans, Chinese officials said Monday. Two other Chinese tourists were...

Sweden’s king, Japan’s emperor mark 150 years of diplomacy

TOKYO – Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Japan’s Emperor Akihito attended a special exhibit on Swedish natural sciences in Tokyo on Monday to mark 150...

GM, Korean union reach tentative agreement on wages, workers

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – General Motors said Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its South Korean labour union on measures to cut...

SKorea halts propaganda broadcasts before summit with North

Korean Air heiresses to resign as smuggle probe widens

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Korean Air Lines said Monday that two daughters of its chairman will resign from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism...

Iran detains ex prosecutor convicted in 2009 torture case

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police have arrested a former prosecutor known as the “torturer of Tehran,” who faces a two-year prison sentence over the death of...