TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, television reports said. The images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before an explosion of orange flames...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter. South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung is attended to after being attacked in Busan on January 2, 2024....
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer. Two boys prepare a statue of Jesus Christ after a procession on Good Friday in...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles region Monday as the New Year began, the US Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 19 km (12 miles) off the town of Rancho...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed to the eastern Mediterranean after the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas in October, will return to the United States "in the coming days," the Navy said Monday. A Israeli navy patrol boat sails in the Red Sea as...
BERLIN, Germany - German authorities on Monday extended the detention of two suspects over an alleged New Year's plot to attack the cathedral in Cologne, which prompted heightened security at the site. A police car stands in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, western Germany on...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a "cyber kidnapping" scam in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but "cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said. This handout photo released by the Riverdale Police...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish authorities on Saturday said they had arrested a French couple earlier in December for planning to "sacrifice" in the Sahara their five-year-old son, who they believed to be "possessed". The couple was arrested on December 21 in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras, as the...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Nicaraguan authorities have arrested at least 12 priests since December 20, opposition figures and news reports said Saturday. (FILES) People attend a mass during celebrations in honour of San Juan Bautista in San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua on June 24, 2023. Nicaraguan...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites in 2024 as part of efforts to ramp up the country's military, state media reported Sunday. "The task of launching three additional reconnaissance satellites in 2024 was declared" as one of the key policy decisions for next...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine has exported about 13 million tonnes of merchandise on some 400 ships since setting up a protected maritime corridor in August to fend off Russian threats, a government minister said Saturday. While Ukraine had few military achievements on land in 2023, on the Black Sea it...
MOSCOW, Russia - The death toll from the missile strikes on the Russian city of Belgorod has risen to 18, the emergency situations ministry said Saturday. This makes Saturday's attack one of the deadliest on Russian soil since Moscow launched hostilities against Ukraine in February 2022. "In...
