TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese court Thursday sentenced nine people to prison terms ranging from 11 to 18 years on human trafficking charges for luring dozens of people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates. Online "boiler room" rackets have long had a presence across Southeast Asia, where...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two men believed to be linked to an Al-Qaeda-affiliated network have been killed and four arrested in raids by the Indonesian police's anti-terror squad, authorities said on Thursday. The four suspects, alleged to be part of the same Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, were arrested...
TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia has recovered 14 bodies of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the Mediterranean, bringing to 24 the number of dead after their boat headed for Europe sank, the coastguard said Thursday. The coastguard had announced on Wednesday that it had recovered 10 bodies of...
WASHINGTON, United States - Former US president Donald Trump, having been criminally charged in New York, pledged Tuesday to "never drop out" of the 2024 race for the White House, and insisted Joe Biden is not fit to run again. The Republican real estate magnate, who...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage. The emergence of the disturbing footage, which AFP was unable to independently verify,...
LONDON, United Kingdom | - Prince Harry will attend the coronation in London of his father King Charles III but without his wife Meghan, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty over the presence of Harry and Meghan, who have launched a...
NEW YORK, United States - New York appointed its first rat "czar" on Wednesday, tasked with cracking down on one of the more unappealing aspects of life in the Big Apple. The appointment of Kathleen Corradi comes four months after the city posted a tongue-in-cheek advert seeking...
MIAMI, United States - Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, a likely star witness in the criminal case facing the former US president in New York. The suit, filed in a US District Court in Florida, seeks $500 million...
DUBLIN, Ireland - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to political paralysis in the British province. Biden emerged from Air Force One at Dublin airport to...
ORIGAMI HEARTS - Origami hearts are displayed at the complex of the famed Angkor Archeological Park in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on April 11, 2023. (Xinhua) SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- Cambodia's display of origami hearts was included in the Guinness Book of Records on Tuesday as the...
A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday -- the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain. (AFP/File) GENEVA, Switzerland – A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for significant international support for Somalia as it battles a desperate humanitarian crisis caused by "a perfect storm" of drought and protracted armed conflict. Guterres said at a press conference with President Hassan...
