LONDON / AP Britain’s House of Commons is to vote on a bill authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to start European Union exit talks — the first major test of whether lawmakers will try to impede the government’s Brexit plans. Wednesday’s vote comes after two days of debate, in which many government and opposition lawmakers said they would respect ...

  SEOUL / AP Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that he won’t run for South Korea’s presidency, a surprise announcement that removes a key figure from the scramble to replace impeached President Park Geun-hye and further stirs the country’s already tumultuous politics. The withdrawal of Ban, who had been considered the only major conservative contender, boosts liberal ...

  DHAKA / AP Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh are worried about a government proposal to relocate them to a low-lying island deemed not ready for people to live there. The proposal briefly posted on a government website last week said a committee including representatives of the border guards and other agencies would prepare a list of hundreds of thousands of ...