KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed officials responsible for military conscription in each region of the country, citing corruption allegations that he said could amount to treason. "We are dismissing all regional military commissars," Zelensky said in a post...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday. Footage from Rakhine state, which was ravaged in May by Cyclone Mocha, showed large areas of villages and farmland submerged...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for a peaceful solution to reverse Niger's coup after the West African bloc ECOWAS approved a "standby" military force. "The United States appreciates the determination of ECOWAS to explore all options for the...
BEIJING, China -- The death toll from record-breaking rains across northern China rose to at least 78 on Friday, as authorities warned of more flooding and another storm approached the country. Rescue team personnel wade in a flooded road as they evacuate residents following heavy rains in...
BEIJING, China -- China on Friday said it had recently uncovered a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "case of espionage" involving a Chinese national named Zeng who provided "core secret information" for money. Beijing has been stepping up efforts to combat spying recently, including...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Hospital doctors in England on Friday launched a new walkout in a dispute with the government over pay in the latest strike action to hit the UK's state-funded National Health Service. The four-day strike by junior doctors comes amid record patient waiting times due to a...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia launched its first probe to the Moon in almost 50 years on Friday, a mission designed to give fresh impetus to its space sector, which has been struggling for years and become isolated by the conflict in Ukraine. The launch of the Luna-25 probe is Moscow's first lunar...
MEXICO CITY , Mexico -- Millions of people have escaped poverty in recent years in Mexico, helped by rising incomes in Latin America's second-largest economy, official figures showed Thursday. The number of people living in poverty fell by 8.9 million, to 46.8 million, between 2020 and 2022,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said. The three passengers -- Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, and her teenage daughter Anastatia Mayers...
KAHULUI, United States -- A terrifying wildfire that left a historic Hawaiian town in charred ruins has killed at least 55 people, authorities said Thursday, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history. Brushfires on the west coast of Hawaii's Maui island -- fueled...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Koreans must prioritize safeguarding propaganda portraits of their leaders, the country's official newspaper said, as a tropical storm made landfall on the Korean peninsula on Thursday. Tropical Storm Khanun, which battered Japan before taking a circuitous route...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian capital Jakarta has been the world's most polluted city on four days this week, according to air quality monitor IQAir, as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog. Air pollution is estimated to contribute to seven million premature deaths every...
