JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday that “Gaza is burning” after heavy strikes overnight targeted Gaza City. Defense Minister Israel Katz’s remarks come as Israel has been planning a new offensive targeting Gaza City. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to...
SEOUL -- Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should do business together, according to former South Korean acting prime minister Dr. Chang Dae-Whan. Dr. Chang gave this advice at the sidelines of the 26th World Knowledge Forum held in Seoul, South Korea on Sept....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States, South Korea and Japan opened an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island Monday in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.” The exercise called Freedom Edge is aimed at strengthening the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector Saturday ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national security and the ownership of social media platform TikTok. China 's Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese authorities lifted the curfew in the country 's capital and surrounding areas on Saturday as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation 's first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that killed at least 51 people...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Ukraine on Friday for a surprise visit in support of wounded service members. It’s the second time that Harry has visited the country, which is among the nations bidding to host the Invictus Games in four years’ time. The sporting...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. Bolsonaro, who has always denied any...
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain flooded some streets and halted rail and air traffic in Tokyo on Thursday with more storms forecast. Twelve centimeters (4.7 inches) of rain fell in just one hour in the capital, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Air traffic control and other ground services...
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the United States last week were brought back home on a charter plane on Friday. They were among about 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction...
OREM, Utah (AP) — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public 's help by releasing photos of the person they believe is...
BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in July ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Families clustered outside hospitals awaiting word of their loved ones Thursday after the crash and explosion of a tanker truck a day earlier on a Mexico City highway that killed at least eight people and injured 90. The fire engulfed more than two dozen vehicles and left a...
