World News Turks tell U.S. officials they have recordings of WashPo writer being killed, report says Turkish authorities believe the critic of Saudi Arabia was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, officials have told NBC News. 12/10/2018
World News Turkish court grants release of American pastor Andrew Brunson President Trump tweeted shortly after the verdict that the evangelical pastor "will be home soon." 12/10/2018
World News Turkey steps up pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist President Donald Trump, meanwhile, expresses reservations about withholding American arms sales to the kingdom over the writer. 11/10/2018
World News U.S., Russian astronauts make emergency landing after rocket fails on takeoff "Initial reports are that the crew is in good condition," NASA said. 11/10/2018
World News Screenshots show Khashoggi did not see text messages after entering Saudi consulate Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi checked his phone before entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but didn't see messages sent minutes later. 11/10/2018
World News Nikki Haley says U.S. is now respected. Some say, Keep on tryin' "Countries may not like what we do, but they respect what we do," Haley told reporters Tuesday. 10/10/2018
World News Pope compares abortion to hiring a hit man to solve problems "Is it fair to hire a hit man to solve a problem? It is not fair. We cannot take out a human being, even if it is small," Pope Francis said. 10/10/2018
World News Mystery of missing Saudi writer exposes rifts between two powerful U.S. allies "Even liars sometime tells the truth, but because they are liars we need to be extra careful," said a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. 10/10/2018
World News American student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support "Israel will not allow entry to those who work to harm the country, whatever their excuse," said Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan. 10/10/2018
World News Wife of missing Interpol president says she was threatened Grace Meng said she received a phone call after her husband disappeared from an unknown caller prompted her to be placed under police protection. 10/10/2018
World News U.K. spy poisoning suspect works for Russian intelligence, report says Investigative website Bellingcat names one of the two suspects in the Sergei Skripal poisoning as Alexander Mishkin, a doctor with the GRU. 09/10/2018
World News North Korea wants to 'ardently welcome' Pope Francis, South Korea says Beyond a handful of state-controlled places of worship, no open religious activity is allowed in North Korea. 09/10/2018
World News Erdogan says Saudi officials must prove Khashoggi left consulate "We have to get an outcome from this investigation as soon as possible. The consulate officials cannot save themselves by simply saying 'he has left'," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said. 09/10/2018
World News Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 15; at least 333 injured Thousands of people along Haiti's north coast have dragged mattresses and chairs outside, fearing new aftershocks. 08/10/2018
World News Writer Khashoggi feared Saudi government before disappearing, friends say "I'm under pressure from my wife and friends to be wise and stay silent. I think I should speak wisely," one friend recalls Khashoggi saying. 08/10/2018
World News Experts dismiss N. Korea's latest concession to U.S. Kim watchers were less impressed than the State Department with his decision to allow inspectors to visit a defunct nuclear testing site. 08/10/2018
World News Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 2,000 with thousands more still missing Search for victims in the hard-hit city of Palu set to end later this week 08/10/2018
World News Nobel Economics Prize awarded for work on climate change, technological innovation The award for given for integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis. 08/10/2018
World News Missing Interpol president faces bribery probe, China says Meng disappeared Sept. 25 after texting his wife a knife emoji during a trip to China. 08/10/2018
World News Humanity risks 'unthinkable damage' on global warming, U.N. warns in new report "Now more than ever we know that every bit of warming matters," said one of the report's authors. 08/10/2018