JAKARTA, Indonesia– Indonesia has named the chairman of its anti-graft commission as a suspect in a corruption case, according to police, in a setback to the reputation of an agency set up two decades ago after the fall of dictator Suharto. It is the first time the head of the country's...
Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. The World Health Organization has asked on November 23, 2023, China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - US fighter jets struck two targets in Iraq early on Wednesday, killing eight pro-Iran fighters in retaliation for repeated attacks on American troops, US and Iraqi sources said. The twin strikes, which followed similar bombardment of Iran-backed forces on Tuesday, drew...
SILKYARA TUNNEL , India - Indian rescuers have drilled three-quarters of the way through debris towards 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for the past 11 days, officials said Wednesday, raising hopes of a breakthrough with diggers in the final stretch. Engineers are working to...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Syria's two main airports are still shut a month after simultaneous Israeli strikes put them out of service -- the longest such closure since the Syrian conflict began, a war monitor said Wednesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported two...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday promised more funding to tackle anti-Semitism, saying he was "deeply concerned" by the rise in hostility towards the Jewish community. Outlining the latest government spending plans, Hunt told parliament he was allocating...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the fighting and bombardment in Gaza, but said much more needed to be done. Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing hostages and scores of Palestinian...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, saying both sides "suffer so much." At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the 86-year-old pontiff called for prayers for peace,...
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron (C-L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin (C-R) during a meeting in London on November 21, 2023 on the sidelines of a state visit by the South Korean president to the UK. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) LONDON, United...
This picture taken from the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing following an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) BERLIN, Germany– Germany's...
Security personnel stand at an entrance of the under construction road tunnel, days after it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 21, 2023. Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 10 days were seen alive on camera on November 21, for...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia And Herzegovina - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Monday of Russia's "malign" interference in Bosnia, saying Moscow's actions threatened the stability of the deeply divided Balkan country. Nearly 30 years after the end of its civil war, Bosnia remains...
