HANOI, Vietnam-- Two Vietnamese women have been jailed for illegally trading endangered and rare turtles in large quantities in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The duo from Quang Nam's Thang Binh district and Phuoc Son district were sentenced to 10...
ACCRA, Ghana -- Ghana's parliament late Tuesday voted to amend the country's criminal offenses act to abolish the death penalty. Â Â Â After a third reading of the proposed bill, House Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin declared the Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2022 duly passed....
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- At least nine people have been confirmed dead and seven others injured due to flash floods in east Afghanistan's Parwan province, a local official said on Wednesday. The floods swept through several villages in Siagard and Shimorti districts on Tuesday afternoon following...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Two people were killed and 21 others injured in a bus-truck collision in Indonesia's East Java province on Wednesday. "A bus coming from the east hit a truck head-on before crashing into a building," said Kadek Yasa, a police officer of the province's Situbondo regency. The...
VIENTIANE, Lao -- Lao government has agreed in principle to provide a supporting allowance for low-wage civil servants and increase the minimum wage for private sector employees to help them deal with surging inflation. Â Â Â The agreement was made at the cabinet's monthly meeting for July....
NEW DELHI, India–Furious women set fire to the houses of two Indian men accused of parading two women naked in a state where months of ethnic clashes have left at least 120 dead, images showed Friday. A clip went viral Wednesday showing two women reported to be from the Kuki tribal group...
UNITED NATIONS – Twenty-seven armed conflicts are persistently devastating lives all over the world with more than 100 million people forcibly displaced. Csaba Korosi, president-elect of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, addresses a plenary session of the General Assembly...
HONG KONG, China–Hong Kong national security police on Monday took in family members of businessman-turned-activist Elmer Yuen for questioning, one of the eight fugitives with bounties on their heads for allegedly breaching national security. The city announced this month that eight...
ROME, Italy– A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a "broken" global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world,...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States– TikTok, the social platform known for its addictive video content, announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States– Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk has made significant changes to the company as well as the app itself, from charging for features to killing off the bird logo. AFP looks at Musk's moves to put his mark on the global social media platform he has renamed "X." -...
A woman cries outside outside the Guayas 1 prison a day after a fight between rival gangs left six inmates dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July 24, 2023. Another 11 prisoners were injured in the new bout of violence in the Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil overnight Saturday into Sunday,...
