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Award for 'Auschwitz prisoners' rappers draws ire in Germany Some German leaders have spoken out after foul-mouthed singers who rap about their bodies being “more defined than Auschwitz prisoners” took home a top music award last week.

2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community are calling for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant women and the elderly, trapped in the jungle to which they fled to escape clashes between the Myanmar's army and the Kachin guerrillas in the country's north.

Japan finance official denies sexual misconduct allegation Japan's vice finance minister has denied sexual misconduct allegations against him and challenged a TV station's report that its employee was a victim.

First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and 'Black Panther' The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood's blockbuster "Black Panther" premiered in Saudi Arabia's first movie theater.

Taiwan calls Chinese military drills a threat to region Taiwan's government says recent Chinese military drills aim to intimidate the island and are a threat to regional peace and stability.

Control board meeting to OK austerity plans for Puerto Rico New austerity measures are coming for Puerto Rico as a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances meets Thursday to approve several fiscal plans that will serve as the island's economic blueprint for the next five years.

Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba's president A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro's place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world's last communist states.