World Brief

Burkina Faso expels 3 French diplomats for ‘subversion’

Burkina Faso’s military government has expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, the foreign…

Woman wheels corpse into Brazil bank for loan

RIO DE JANEIRO—A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch…

Thailand closer to legalizing same-sex unions

BANGKOK—Thailand’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, a landmark step that moves…

SoKor opposition leader in ICU after knife attack

SEOUL—South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalized in intensive care on Wednesday,…

China fighters chase US plane over Taiwan Strait

China’s military said on Wednesday it sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a US…