US President Donald Trump says he expects an announcement as early as next week that the US-led coalition has reclaimed all the areas held by the Islamic State militant group in Syria.
An eight-story building has collapsed in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, killing two people. Rescue operations are continuing in the cold for residents believed to be trapped under the rubble.
Would-be cigarette smokers in the US state of Hawaii might have to wait a very long time for their first legal drag, after a lawmaker introduced a bill that would bar sales to anyone under the age of 100.
Vandals have smashed and defaced the London tomb of Karl Marx in what the cemetery said appeared to be a deliberate attack against the philosopher's ideology.
US officials are fanning out across Europe to warn about the security risks of allowing Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to help build 5G mobile networks, a US diplomat said Tuesday.
They battled with snow drifts and waded through knee-deep slush to get to their competition ground on a frozen lake in Bulgaria's southern Rhodope mountains.
Pope Francis has indicated that he would be willing to mediate between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition if both sides want to talk.
