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Floridians assess damages as weakening Hurricane Irma heads north

By Larisa Epatko

As dawn broke Monday, residents of southern Florida awoke to see what Hurricane Irma left in its wake, including flooded streets and homes, crumpled gas stations and downed trees.

U.S., Russia diplomats look to calm tensions in talks

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. and Russian envoys are to meet in Finland this coming week in a bid to calm diplomatic tensions that have risen to levels of the Cold War.

How to help Hurricane Irma victims

By Teresa Carey

As Hurricane Irma moves over open water toward the U.S., and Florida Gov. Rick Scott urges those in evacuation zones to “get out now,” here’s how you can help.

Southern Mexico shaken by deadly 8.1 earthquake, its strongest in a century

By Nsikan Akpan

The earthquake also sparked a series of relatively small tsunamis that hit the Chiapas coastline.

PHOTOS: What Hurricane Irma left behind in the Caribbean

By Larisa Epatko

Hurricane Irma destroyed homes and upended cars in the Caribbean this week on its relentless northwestern journey. It is expected to crash ashore in Florida early Sunday.

WATCH: Trump says North Korea is 'behaving badly and it's got to stop'

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Trump and Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah are expected to speak around 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here.

U.S. adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in South Korea protests

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defense system it installed in a southern town to better cope with…

New phase in Russia probe as Trump Jr. heads to Capitol

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr.'s scheduled visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday marks a new phase in the Senate investigation of Moscow's meddling in the 2016 election and a meeting that the president's eldest son had with Russians during the…

U.S. hits officials in South Sudan with sanctions for role in crisis

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The sanctions freeze any assets senior officials and certain companies may have in U.S. jurisdictions, ban them from travel to the United States and bar Americans from doing business with them.

Rohingya refugees, caught in crosshairs, flood into Bangladesh

By Larisa Epatko

“We are running out of space in the existing settlements and new arrivals are pitching camp wherever they can erect some plastic sheeting to protect themselves from the elements,” said Sarat Dash of the International Organization for Migration.