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China's new vice president has reputation as 'Mr Fix-it' China's rubber-stamp legislature has appointed a close ally of President Xi Jinping to the formerly ceremonial post of vice president.

Xi reappointed as China's president with no term limits Xi Jinping was reappointed Saturday as China's president with no limit on the number of terms he can serve.

Southeast Asian leaders to sign security agreement in Sydney Southeast Asian leaders will sign an agreement on regional cooperation against violent extremism as the risk to the region grows due to militants fleeing Islamic State group losses in the Middle East, an official said on Saturday.

Only 1 independent candidate appears to make Mexico ballot Mexico's electoral authorities say only one of three independent candidates for president who initially seemed to have gathered the necessary number of signatures to make the ballot appears to have actually qualified after a detailed review.

Streets deserted, airport closes for Bali's Day of Silence Indonesia's normally bustling Bali has shut down social media, turned away flights and shuttered all shops for a Day of Silence that marks New Year on the predominantly Hindu island.

UN says 84 rights activists killed in Colombia last year The United Nations says 84 human rights activists were killed in Colombia last year as the country struggles to contain post conflict violence.

UN seeks nearly $1 billion for Rohingyas who fled Myanmar The United Nations is appealing for nearly $1 billion for the humanitarian crisis sparked by the flight of about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh since August.

Police given OK to hold suspects in Nairobi courthouse plot A Kenyan court is allowing police to continue detaining five people who allegedly were planning to attack a Nairobi courthouse so a Muslim cleric facing terror charges could escape.

Mexico advances on extraditing former governor to US Mexican authorities have informed the former governor of a state bordering Texas that they have accepted a U.S. request to extradite him to the United States to face money laundering charges.

Three children are being treated for infections which may be linked to contamination of the water supply. from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2G0pom9

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country's president. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2Dy32Dq

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria's war, according to a confidential document, in a bid to persuade Washington to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2pgSsfY

MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 7,000 people left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Saturday morning, the TASS news agency reported, citing the Centre for Reconciliation in Syria, a body run by Russia's defense ministry. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2G0eVqT

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea said on Friday it was seeking high-level talks this month with North Korea to prepare for a summit and that South Korean President Moon Jae-in may meet Donald Trump before the U.S. president's planned meeting with the North Korean leader. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2HFh20u

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - China and Cambodia on Saturday kicked off military exercises focused on counter-terrorism and rescue operations, highlighting the strong ties between the two countries amid strained relations between Cambodia and the United States. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2IyJORN

KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least three people and wounded two in an apparent attack on a foreign contractor company, officials said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2DArwvK

A small plane crashed into a house north of the Philippine capital on Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials and media said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2G48Jym

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, angering China, which views the self-ruled island as a wayward province. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2IydkHq

ASTANA/LONDON (Reuters) - Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack involving a military-grade nerve agent on English soil. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2pf9Y4e

$2.5M settlement after police dismiss woman's kidnapping as 'Gone Girl' hoax A couple have reached a $2.5 million settlement with a Northern California city and its police department after investigators initially dismissed the woman’s kidnapping as a hoax.

Drunken driver rammed car, injuring US military translator from Afghanistan, authorities say A Washington state man has been indicted on charges of attempted murder in connection with a March 6 vehicle attack that resulted in a U.S. military translator from Afghanistan undergoing a partial leg amputation.

Rumored site of $55M in Civil War-era gold draws FBI's attention, reports say Dozens of FBI agents, Pennsylvania state officials and members of a treasure-hunting group dug in a remote Pennsylvania site earlier this week, on rumors of Civil War-era gold being buried there.

Army says no to smooches for soldiers Savannah is kissing a decades-long St. Patrick's Day tradition goodbye.

Senator demands docs about collapsed Florida bridge as reports of cracks surface As reports emerged about an engineer's warning of cracks days before Thursday's calamitous collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida, a U.S. senator wants to find out exactly who was behind the construction that may have led to the structure's fatal failure.