SEOUL, South Korea - A man went on a "stabbing rampage" near a South Korean subway station, police said Thursday, with as many as 10 people reported wounded two weeks after a similar attack killed one person. The attack took place near the Seohyeon subway station in Bundang, about 20 kilometres...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's parliament on Thursday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister after a Constitutional Court ruling, prolonging the kingdom's political deadlock nearly three months after an election. The reformist Move Forward Party (MFP) won the most seats in May's polls...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdog said on Thursday that it detained an armed forces official accused of helping draft-age men flee the country in exchange for a cash payment. Since Kyiv introduced martial law after Russia's invasion last year, able-bodied men between 18 and 60...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A burnt-out car transport ship was towed to a northern Dutch port on Thursday more than a week after catching fire at sea, averting a feared environmental disaster. The Fremantle Highway arrived at Eemshaven port after a journey from a holding position, with local media...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Tuesday it had downed another wave of Ukrainian drones aimed at vessels in the Black Sea and Moscow, as an office block in the capital's main business district was struck for the second time in a few days. "Two Ukrainian (unmanned aerial vehicles) were destroyed by...
KIRKWALL, United Kingdom - Mail on the Scottish isles of Orkney will be delivered by drones starting Tuesday, the first regular postal service by the aerial devices in the UK. Letters and packages will be transported from Royal Mail's Kirkwall delivery office to Stromness, where the drone...
BEIJING, China - Chinese controls on exports of two metals critical to making semiconductors came into force on Tuesday, a day after Beijing imposed curbs on the foreign sales of some drones. The Biden administration has in recent months stepped up measures to restrict Chinese companies' access...
MENTOUGOU, China - At least 20 people were killed and 19 were missing after heavy rains lashed Beijing and surrounding provinces, state media said Tuesday, in downpours that have submerged roads and deluged neighbourhoods with mud. Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon, swept northwards over China...
QUETTA, Pakistan - Two policemen were shot dead on Tuesday while guarding a polio vaccination team in southwest Pakistan, officials said, the latest deaths in a high-stakes campaign to eradicate the debilitating virus. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd-R) shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a signing ceremony at Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila on July 31, 2023. The two leaders are expected to hold bilateral meetings to bolster European Union-Philippines...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A bomb blast in southeastern Myanmar killed one person and wounded 12 others on Monday, an official said. Violent clashes have ramped up since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in February 2021, unleashing a bloody crackdown on dissent that has left...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that "war" was coming to Russia after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow. "Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia -- to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural...
