‘Proof’ of Rohingya set fires in Myanmar fails inspection

BANGKOK — Pointing to the ashes of a destroyed village that was once home to dozens of Rohingya Muslim families, the abbot of a nearby Buddhist...

UN approves watered down new sanctions against North Korea

The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the toughest-ever measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all...

Bikini baristas sue Washington city over dress code law

SEATTLE — Seven bikini baristas and the owner of a chain of the coffee stands called “Hillbilly Hotties” sued the city of Everett, Washington, on Monday,...

Harvey’s flooding blamed in major gasoline spill in Texas

Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters triggered a spill of almost a half-million gallons of gasoline from two storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel, marking the largest spill...

UK lawmakers back key Brexit bill, but fight still looms

LONDON — British lawmakers voted a key Brexit bill past its first big hurdle in Parliament early Tuesday. But many legislators branded the bill a government...

Marijuana consumers, advocates critical of Ontario’s plan to sell legal pot

TORONTO— Clients and advocates of storefront dispensaries say buying marijuana exclusively from stores regulated by Ontario’s provincial government will mean fewer options for medicinal users, little...

UK govt warns of Brexit chaos if lawmakers don’t back bill

LONDON— Britain’s minister for leaving the European Union says Brexit will descend into chaos if lawmakers don’t approve a bill designed to lay the legislative groundwork...

More aid, evacuations in Caribbean islands battered by Irma

HAVANA— With ports mended and weather cleared, officials sent in more aid and arranged stepped-up evacuations Monday in remote Caribbean islands devastated and cut off by...

Bangladesh offers land to shelter Rohingya fleeing Myanmar

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh— Bangladesh has agreed to free land for a new camp to shelter some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have...

Bannon: Trump firing FBI boss maybe biggest mistake in modern political