3 climbers die in 3 days on Mount Everest and other top stories.

• 3 climbers die in 3 days on Mount Everest

  

  This year's climbing season on the world's highest peak resumed in April after a two-year hiatus due to a catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 and a deadly avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas in one day in 2014. But tragedy struck again as authorities reported three consecutive days of deaths on the famous mountain. On Thursday, crew member Phurba Sherpa (no relation to the journalist of the same name) fell to his death. The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters..

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• Obama lifts US arms ban on Vietnam

  

  16 photos: Iconic photos of the Vietnam War16 photos: Iconic photos of the Vietnam WarAssociated Press photographer Nick Ut photographed terrified children running from the site of a Vietnam napalm attack in 1972. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped napalm on its own troops and civilians. Nine-year-old Kim Phuc, center, ripped off her burning clothes while she ran. The image communicated the horrors of the war and contributed to growing U.S. anti-war sentiment. After taking the photogr..

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• Egypt deploys submarine in EgyptAir Flight 804 search

  

  The aircraft disappeared from radar last week on a flight from Paris to Cairo. Searchers have recovered parts of the plane wreckage, including passengers' personal belongings, life vests, aircraft chairs and even body parts. But they're still scouring the Mediterranean for the plane's fuselage, and for the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- key pieces of evidence that would likely reveal what went wrong on the flight. Authorities haven't said what caused the Airbus A320, which ha..

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• Austria's Razor-Edge Vote Means Absentees to Pick President

  

  Austria’s political divisions were laid bare on Sunday as the anti-immigration Freedom Party and a Green Party-backed candidate were virtually tied in a runoff election to become the country’s next president.Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer, led with 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent for his Green opponent, Alexander Van der Bellen, after all regular ballots cast on Sunday were counted, a margin that both candidates said too close to call. That means the the outcome will now be decided on Mond..

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• Why The First-Ever World Humanitarian Summit Matters

  

  The United Nations is convening its first-ever World Humanitarian Summit this month in Istanbul. It comes at a time when protracted conflict, instability and forced displacement are defining features of the global landscape. Combined with an ever-increasing number of natural disasters, the world has witnessed widespread human suffering and destitution. There are more than 60 million refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons worldwide as a result of violence and persecution. The..

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• EU referendum: Brexit 'would spark year-long recession' - Treasury

  

  Image copyright Reuters Image caption Chancellor George Osborne is expected to say Brexit would lead to a "DIY recession" Leaving the European Union would tip the UK into a year-long recession and lower Britain's economic growth by 3.6%, according to Treasury analysis.The country would suffer an "immediate and profound" economic shock of its own making, Chancellor George Osborne, who released the study, warned.But Vote Leave's Iain Duncan Smith said p..

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• Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor Is Dead

  

  The leader of the Taliban has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, officials in Afghanistan said Sunday, setting up a potential succession showdown in the deeply-divided insurgent group. A statement from the Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security was the first official confirmation of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor's death. It was soon followed by an announcement from Afghanistan's chief executive — but no acknowledgement from the Taliban. President Barack Obama confirmed the death early Monday..

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• Asia Pacific|18 Girls Killed in Fire at School Dorm in Northern Thailand

  

  BANGKOK — A nighttime fire at a boarding school dormitory in northern Thailand killed 18 girls ranging from 5 to 12 years old, police and school officials said Monday. Five others were injured.The two-story wooden structure, which caught fire Sunday night, housed 38 girls, most of them belonging to the area's ethnic minorities. Fifteen girls escaped without injuries. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.Some of the students were still not asleep when the fire broke out and were ab..

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• Iraqi PM: Operation to free Falluja from ISIS starts

  

  Story highlightsIraq's military tells Falluja residents to flee the city before anti-ISIS operation launchesISIS took control of the metropolis in January 2014Speaking on Iraqi state TV from the military's Joint Operations Command in Baghdad, Abadi said Iraqi security forces would provide safe passage for civilians to leave the city during the operation.Abadi's overnight announcement came hours after Iraq's military implored residents of ISIS-held Falluja to flee their homes ahead of the operati..

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