CAIRO (AP) – The Iranian security agents came at 2 a.m., pulling up in a half-dozen cars outside the home of the Nakhii family. They woke up the sleeping sisters, Nyusha and Mona, and forced them to give the passwords for their phones. Then they took the two away. The women were accused of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – A new crew rocketed towards the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA 's first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the replacements as soon as possible at NASA’s request, sending the US, French,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader as he moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation. The assessment by...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the US administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran. Trump made the comments shortly after visiting troops in Fort Bragg, North Carolina,...
Another round of U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Russia and Ukraine will take place next week in Geneva, days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion of its neighbor, officials in Moscow and Kyiv said on Friday. The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has begun training a contingent of up to 8,000 soldiers it plans to send as part of an international peacekeeping force to Gaza, the first firm commitment to a critical element of U.S. President Donald Trump 's postwar reconstruction plan. Indonesia has...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA 's first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the replacements as soon as possible at NASA 's request, sending the U.S., French...
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutors office on Thursday said that nine people were being detained as part of an investigation into a suspected decade-long, 10 million euro ($11.8 million) ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre, the world 's most visited museum. The arrests took place on Tuesday as...
BEIJING (AP) — It 's not just people — in China, the robots are also getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Friday was dress rehearsal day for four cute humanoid robots, each about 95 centimeters (3 feet) tall at a mall in western Beijing. Curious onlookers stopped to watch. Each...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand 's ruling conservative Bhumjaithai Party on Friday moved closer to forming a new government after the Pheu Thai Party, the third place finisher in the country 's general election, agreed to join it in a proposed ruling coalition. Bhumjaithai won 193 seats in the...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, February 10, sounded the alarm over potential mass layoffs and the intensification of contractualization and privatization policies amid a planned World Bank-led review of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
For many of us, the word prosperity might immediately suggest financial wealth. But prosperity can mean more than money or material things—it can mean children growing up in a healthy, safe, and supported environment with access to their basic rights, such as education, care, and opportunities...
