PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's next leader Hun Manet said he met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the capital Phnom Penh on Sunday and they pledged to boost ties between the two countries. Wang arrived in Cambodia on Saturday, the first Chinese official to visit since Hun Manet was appointed...
QUETTA, Pakistan -- Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) separatists attacked a convoy carrying Chinese engineers to the Beijing-financed Gwadar Port in Pakistan's southwest on Sunday, the group said. Various Baloch militant groups have claimed attacks on projects linked to the China-Pakistan Economic...
TOPSHOT - A Ukranian servicewoman pays her respect to the coffin of Daria Filipieva, a Ukrainian army combat medic who was killed in the Donetsk region, during her funeral at the Independence Square in Kyiv, on August 12, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)...
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh -- At least 55 people have been killed and more than a million affected by two weeks of torrential rains causing floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, officials said Sunday. Administrators of four of the worst-hit districts said floods and landslides since...
SANAA, Yemen -- Lightning strikes killed four people and injured four others in separate accidents in Yemen's northern provinces, local health authorities said on Sunday. The accidents occurred on Saturday evening in the provinces of Hodeidah, Raymah, and al-Bayda. ...
BEIJING, China -- The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in northern China has risen sharply to at least 21, authorities said on Sunday, with six others missing. China has faced deadly floods and historic rainfall in recent weeks, with dozens killed in storms in the northern part...
The Generals outlasted 31 other teams to rule the World Balance 3x3 Streetball League on Saturday, Aug. 12, at Trinoma Activity Center in Quezon City. The Generals. Jerico Sevillano steered the Parañaque-based crew to a dominant 21-7 victory against Underground in the championship game as...
Scottie Thompson seemed to be on his way back to Gilas Pilipinas. Scottie Thompson (FIBA photo) Sidelined by the metacarpal fracture on his shooting hand since July, Thompson is now able to do some shooting drills alone as shared by his loving wife, Jinky, in a Facebook reel posted on Saturday...
Taylor Ganer and Hano Ganer search for their belongings in the ashes of their family's burnt-down house in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to an inferno that...
BEIJING, China -- China on Sunday vowed "resolute and forceful measures" over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States it said it was closely monitoring. Lai -- the frontrunner in Taiwan's presidential elections next year -- is officially making only transit stops in...
PARIS (AFP) -- NBA star Frank Ntilikina has been ruled out of France's bid to win the World Cup because of a thigh injury, the French Basketball Federation announced on Saturday, Aug. 12. France's Frank Ntilikina. (AFP) Ntilikina, who left Dallas Mavericks last week to join Charlotte Hornets, was...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition thwarted a challenge by an opposition alliance in state elections, official results showed Sunday, with analysts saying the win would buy him time to consolidate power in the largely Islamic Southeast Asian nation....
