HONG KONG (AP) — The United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who it alleged were involved in "transnational repression" and acts that threaten to further erode the city's autonomy, drawing condemnation from the territory's government Tuesday. The six officials included...
This photograph, released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, and taken from a Taiwan Air Force P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, shows a Chinese Cloud Shadow WZ-10 drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The...
A colossal fire erupts due to a burst gas pipe in Putra Heights in central Selangor state , Malaysia, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A colossal fire erupted Tuesday in a Malaysian suburb outside Kuala Lumpur due to a burst gas pipeline, prompting...
This photo taken in Nagoya, Japan, June 2, 2022, shows one of the Sukiya franchise restaurants. (Masaki Inui/Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — A leading Japanese beef bowl chain said it is shutting down almost 2,000 outlets across the country from Monday after a rat and a bug were found...
Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pose for a photo at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP) SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet with Russia's...
A protester wearing a mask of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a march during a rally calling for Yoon to step down in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, March 29, 2025. The banner reads "Dismiss Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South...
A damaged apartment is seen after being hit by an Israeli targeted strike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut's southern suburbs early Tuesday,...
BANGKOK (AP) — When the earthquake that hit Myanmar sent its tremors to Thailand, Naruemon Thonglek didn’t immediately know it also had collapsed a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok. Naruemol Thonglek, top right, waits for news of her partner, sitting with other people looking...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Three family members died after a tree struck their vehicle in Michigan as powerful storms swept across the region, authorities said, and more potentially dangerous weather was forecast Monday across parts of the Southeast. A tree lies fallen between two vehicles at a...
In this image made from a video released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Israeli Government Press Office via AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a new domestic...
Hassan Abu Sultan mourns over the body of her son Jehad, who, along with his wife and three children, was killed when an Israeli army strike hit their tent, as heir bodies lie on the floor at a hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, awaiting burial on the first day of the Muslim holiday of...
Firefighters, members of the National Forensic Service and the Korea Crime Scene Investigation, investigate at the scene in Uiseong, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Kim Sun-hyung/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old...
