A man documents the damaged buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military claimed Tuesday it has carried out dozens of small ground operations over the past year. Rear Adm....
BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was carrying 44 passengers from central Uthai Thani province to Bangkok for a school trip when the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone struck a ship in the Red Sea in a suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels Tuesday, the British military said. Source: Britannica The drone attack and an earlier attempted attack Tuesday likely are the rebels’ first assault on commercial...
A man closes the door of his shop as Typhoon Krathon approaches Yilan County, in the eastern coast of Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island...
Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, speaks as he leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet on Tuesday, paving the way for his likely successor...
South Korea's missiles are paraded during the media day for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at Seoul air base in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other...
CHINA’S LEADERS – Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, is followed by high-ranking Chinese officials, arrive for a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)...
Tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct in Marlboro, N.Y., May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) A stretch of aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City's water is being shut down through the winter...
Rescue personnel transport the dead body of a victim who was trapped under a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Sujan Gurung) KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall...
Pope Francis talks to journalists on the flight back to Rome at the end of his four-day visit to Belgium and Luxembourg, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis suggested Sunday that Israel's attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have...
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a camp in Pakistan's southwest and kidnapped 20 laborers, police said Sunday. It's the second assault in as many days in restive Balochistan province, where separatist and militants are stepping up their insurgency against the central government....
The sole candidate for the upcoming election for the Macao chief executive post, Sam Hou-fai, the city's former top judge, waves as he leaves the stage after a press conference at the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex in Macao, Saturday, Sept. 28,...