AFP/MANILA BULLETIN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan– Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. Pakistan goes to the polls next Thursday in a ballot...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN Seoul, South Korea–North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, extending a recent flurry of tests of weapons that analysts warned could be destined for Russia's war in Ukraine. This month, Pyongyang has conducted tests of...
Beijing, China– China and the United States on Tuesday resumed talks on curbing the production of ingredients to make fentanyl, as the two powers seek to rebuild frayed channels of communication on hot-button issues. The synthetic opioid, many times more powerful than heroin, has...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's energy ministry said Monday that it will begin building four new nuclear reactors this year to compensate for Russia's seizure of the country's largest nuclear plant. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in televised comments that all four new reactors would be at...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Monday officially registered incumbent Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the presidential election in March, a vote that he is all but certain to win. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, clinching four presidential ballots and briefly...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian MPs introduced a bill Monday to overturn a ban on using the sperm and eggs of dead soldiers. A controversial new law due to come into force in March requires sperm and eggs stored by soldiers to be destroyed after their deaths. But it has stirred an emotive debate in...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A fire that destroyed around 600 hectares of a national park in Argentina was the result of arson, an official said Sunday. "We have confirmed that the fire originated intentionally," said Ignacio Torres, the governor of Chubut province, who had flown over Los Alerces...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK will introduce legislation to ban disposable e-cigarettes in order to tackle a rise in youth vaping, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was to announce Monday. "As any parent or teacher knows, one of the most worrying trends at the moment is the rise in vaping among...
YEREVAN, Armenia—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday that he has proposed the signing of a non-aggression pact to Azerbaijan, pending a comprehensive peace treaty between the arch-foe Caucasus neighbours. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (Photo from AFP) Yerevan and...
ISTANBUL, Turkey—One man was killed after gunmen opened fire inside a Catholic church in Istanbul during Sunday mass in what appeared to be a targetted attack. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya (C) addresses the press next to Santa Maria church after an attack, in Istanbul, on January...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Activists protested on Sunday against a resumption of bullfighting in Mexico City, after the Supreme Court revoked an earlier suspension. Anti-bullfighting protestors and members of different animal rights protection societes take part in a demonstration against...
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test launch of a new strategic cruise missile from a submarine, state media said Monday, the latest tension-raising move by the nuclear-armed state. People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a...
