It's the beginning of one epic season with a tree lighting ceremony held last Nov. 9, 2023 at The Plaza, Newport Mall. At the centerpiece is a gigantic 30-foot Christmas tree, adorned in dazzling red and glittering gold, which serves as a glowing symbol of its signature holiday celebration, The...
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories -- Dozen of foreigners and dual nationals, as well as several wounded Palestinians, were evacuated from the Israeli-bombed Gaza Strip to Egypt Sunday, reports from both sides of the border said. "Fifty dual nationals arrived at Rafah" on the Egyptian side, along with...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia has evacuated dozens of citizen from the Gaza strip, the country's emergency services said Sunday, after Moscow denounced the long waiting time this week. A man waits with a child at the traveller's terminal on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Myanmar military jet has crashed in the east of the country where fighting is ongoing, the junta said on Sunday, with anti-coup fighters claiming they had shot it down. The country has been riven by conflict since the 2021 military coup, with multiple armed ethnic groups...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia on Sunday accused Ukraine of carrying out a series of attacks in the border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, damaging five train carriages and causing one injury. Moscow said it would open an investigation into a Ukrainian strike which injured a civilian in a village on the...
DEHRADUN, India -- At least 40 construction workers were trapped Sunday after the road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India, with rescuers scrambling to reach them beneath piles of debris. The collapse occurred early Sunday morning in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand when a group...
PARIS, France -- Tens of thousands are expected to attend a march against anti-Semitism in Paris on Sunday amid bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. Members of the Jewish community hold placards reading "Don't touch to the Vel...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers rallied Sunday demanding fair wages after dismissing a pay offer as too small, as the death toll from the violent protests that erupted last month rose to four. Bangladesh has been rocked by the worst labour unrest in a decade with tens...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called for pressure on the United States to stop Israel's offensive in Gaza, but said there would be no agreement unless Washington accepted the enclave as Palestinian land. Erdogan returned from a summit on Saturday of Arab and...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Two South Koreans were among 18 people sentenced to death on drug smuggling and trafficking charges in Vietnam, state media said. This photo released by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on November 12, 2023 shows defendants (L, in blue) standing during their trial for drug...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday condemned far-right protesters and Hamas sympathisers, as hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters marched through London calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza. Nearly 2,000 police were out in force to keep...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- The Israeli military said Saturday it will aid the evacuation of babies from Gaza's largest hospital, amid intense fighting around the facility between soldiers and Palestinian militants. "The staff of the Al-Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow, we will help the babies in...
