WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown , the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,000...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing. More than 300 rescue workers...
BANGKOK (AP) — A well-known Vietnamese dissident has been convicted of speaking out inside prison against the ruling Communist Party and sentenced to another 11 years, in a move rights activists said Tuesday highlights the country 's strict suppression of any opposition. Trinh Ba Phuong, who...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their nations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s transactional approach to allies and trade wars are bringing the often-feuding Asian neighbors...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government starts phasing out paper checks for most programs on Tuesday. The change, which was initiated through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March, will affect recipients of benefits including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are over 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall. Scientists say they were created using a wedge-shaped rock to create...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Lingering heavy rains from a former typhoon caused more flooding and landslides in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 19 in the country with more missing. Rainfall topped 30 centimeters (nearly a foot) in parts of Vietnam over the past 24 hours, the national weather agency...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors Tuesday morning more than 12 hours after the structure fell. At least one student was killed,...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the U.N. Monday that his country won 't give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous international demands to do so, calling them crucial to keeping a “balance of power” with South Korea. “We will never walk away from...
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — A building under construction at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia collapsed on dozens of praying students Monday, killing at least one, injuring dozens and burying others in the rubble. Police, soldiers and rescue workers dug into the debris through the night to...
BEIJING (AP) — An overseas Hong Kong activist said he was denied entry to Singapore over the weekend for what he presumes were political reasons. Nathan Law said he was detained at the Singapore airport on Saturday night and told four hours later that his entry had been denied. He was going to...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of North Korea and China agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism or unilateralism, a likely reference to their pushbacks against the United States. Their meeting in Beijing on Sunday came about three weeks after North Korean leader...
