LOS ANGELES, United States - A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a "cyber kidnapping" scam in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but "cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said. This handout photo released by the Riverdale Police...
EJ Obiena soared to greater heights in 2023. The credentials of the 28-year-old Tondo-born pole vaulter in a 12-month span was indeed impressive, highlighting it by winning golds in three major international tournaments in record-breaking fashion. EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the gold in the...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish authorities on Saturday said they had arrested a French couple earlier in December for planning to "sacrifice" in the Sahara their five-year-old son, who they believed to be "possessed". The couple was arrested on December 21 in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras, as the...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Nicaraguan authorities have arrested at least 12 priests since December 20, opposition figures and news reports said Saturday. (FILES) People attend a mass during celebrations in honour of San Juan Bautista in San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua on June 24, 2023. Nicaraguan...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites in 2024 as part of efforts to ramp up the country's military, state media reported Sunday. "The task of launching three additional reconnaissance satellites in 2024 was declared" as one of the key policy decisions for next...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine has exported about 13 million tonnes of merchandise on some 400 ships since setting up a protected maritime corridor in August to fend off Russian threats, a government minister said Saturday. While Ukraine had few military achievements on land in 2023, on the Black Sea it...
MOSCOW, Russia - The death toll from the missile strikes on the Russian city of Belgorod has risen to 18, the emergency situations ministry said Saturday. This makes Saturday's attack one of the deadliest on Russian soil since Moscow launched hostilities against Ukraine in February 2022. "In...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of conducting a "terrorist attack" on civilians in Belgorod and using widely prohibited cluster munitions, making the claim during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council requested by Moscow. This photograph taken on...
GENEVA, Switzerland - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday he was "very concerned" about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip. Residents of the refugee camp of Bureij arrive in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following an...
WARSAW, Poland - A Russian missile passed through Polish airspace Friday, entering from and then back into Ukraine, the Polish army said, as Russia pummeled Ukraine with one of the biggest air attacks of the war. Firefighters extinguish a fire in a high-rise building after a missile attack in...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Gunmen killed six people at a party in northwestern Mexico on Friday, including an alleged criminal believed to have been targeted in the attack, authorities said. "Initial investigations indicate that it was a direct attack against the leader of a criminal group who had...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Friday announced the approval of a $147.5 million sale of 155mm high-explosive artillery munitions and related equipment to Israel under an emergency provision that waives the usual congressional review. The same provision was used earlier this...
