DAVOS, Switzerland - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the global economy needed stability on the Taiwan Strait, following China's criticism of Taipei's new president-elect. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken called Taiwan's weekend...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Twenty-three people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Wednesday, the provincial governor said. Images shared by the local rescue service showed metal debris littered on the ground, and a huge plume of black smoke. The blast occurred...
DAVOS, Switzerland - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that a "full-fledged confrontation" between Israel and Lebanon would be a "total disaster" amid fears of a wider war. Addressing the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos, Guterres reiterated his...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow's forces had the upper hand in their almost two-year conflict with Ukraine, warning the rival state it risks an "irreparable" blow if it continued. The frontlines in eastern and southern Ukraine have barely moved in...
DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky courted the global elite at Davos on Tuesday with a mix of dire warnings and notes of hope, as fears grow over the future of Western support against Russia. After addressing the World Economic Forum by video in previous years,...
GENEVA, Switzerland– The number of adult tobacco users has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday but it warned Big Tobacco was working hard to reverse that trend. In 2022, about one in five adults around the world were smokers or consumed other...
Photo Courtesy of AFP/MANILA BULLETIN TOKYO, Japan– Japan doubled a fund used for disaster relief and other contingencies to $6.8 billion after a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, the government said Tuesday, as snow worsened conditions for survivors. The 7.5-magnitude quake...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US military said Sunday its forces shot down a cruise missile fired at an American destroyer warship from Huthi controlled areas of Yemen. The attack appears to be the first against a US destroyer amid a growing number of missile and drone strikes or attempted...
ROME, Italy - Three United Nations agencies called Monday on Israel to allow access to the port of Ashdod, north of Gaza, for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid. Bringing food and supplies to the besieged population of Gaza, which is increasingly at risk of famine, also depends on the...
BAKU, Azerbaijan - An explosion at a furniture workshop in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Monday killed six people and injured two dozen others, officials said. Video footage shared by the emergencies ministry showed rescuers lifting a man from the smouldering rubble of a burnt out building,...
GENEVA, Switzerland - China and Switzerland agreed Monday to speed up talks to upgrade their free trade agreement and to simplify visa procedures for travel between the two countries, Chinese state media reported. Bern and Beijing agreed to an early launch of formal negotiations to expand a...
TORKHAM, Afghanistan - Thousands of trucks were stranded at the busiest frontier crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan Monday, Afghan officials said, days after border points were closed to trade in the latest row over document rules for commercial vehicle drivers. Crossings between the...
