SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations. Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as...
NARA, Japan (AP) — In Japan 's ancient capital, Nara, deer moved through grass fields and shaded paths, lowering their heads toward visitors holding special crackers made just for them. Nara this week hosted a Japan–South Korea summit, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon to pave the way for a snap election to seek the public 's mandate for her policies, a top party official said Wednesday. Takaichi was elected as Japan 's first female prime...
LONDON — The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration. It’s the latest policy U-turn by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s embattled center-left government, which is under fire from...
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will return to the World Economic Forum 's annual meeting of business, political and cultural elites in Davos, Switzerland, next week, leading a record-large U.S. delegation, organizers said Tuesday. The Geneva-based think tank says Trump, whose...
NARA, Japan (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for a summit in western Japan as the two leaders aim to improve the sometimes-strained relationship as Tokyo faces a deepening row with China. The meeting could deliver a political...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting, which hadn’t been previously included in the list of Leo’s planned appointments, was later listed by the Vatican in its...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk 's company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual...
When the World Bank released its “note on cancelled operation” document on the Philippines Customs Modernization Project last week, it did more than formally close the books on an $88.28-million loan. The document read like a rare institutional post-mortem, spelling out not only why the project...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city into Sunday, crossing the two-week mark as violence surrounding the demonstrations has killed at least 116 people,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can 't be revoked, transferred or shared...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month 's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner...
