WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden is set to host leaders of Pacific island nations with an aim of countering China's ever-growing influence, proffering goodies ranging from an American football experience to shiny new embassies. The summit of leaders from the 18-member Pacific...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Twenty-nine people were injured when a passenger train collided with a cargo train in Pakistan's east Punjab province on Sunday morning, state-run rescue organization Rescue 1122 said. The incident happened at 4:30 a.m. (local time) due to possible negligence of...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed "a small group of extreme Republicans" for a budget impasse that has placed the US government a week away from a shutdown, urging the lawmakers to resolve the issue. Speaking at a Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner, Biden...
Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attends a press conference following his swearing-in ceremony in Selangor, Malaysia, Nov. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei) NEW YORK, United States -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for the South China Sea issue to be resolved...
A man carrying the "Union Jack" flag of the United Kingdom and the European Union's flag. (Photo from AFP) LONDON, United Kingdom -- Hundreds of people waving European Union flags on Saturday rallied in central London calling for Britain to rejoin the bloc. The National Rejoin March (NRM) gathered...
A man looks over Libya's eastern city of Soussa on September 21, 2023, days following deadly flash floods. The official death toll from the disaster stands at more than 3,300 -- but the eventual count is expected to be far higher, with international aid groups giving estimates of up to 10,000...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan killed at least six people, three of them firefighters who died in an explosion, authorities said Saturday. The fire, which began Friday evening and raged all night, injured more than 100 people, most of them workers, the Pingtung county...
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam has executed long-time death row prisoner Le Van Manh, a lawyer confirmed Saturday, despite international pleas to spare his life. In 2005 Manh was charged with robbery, as well as the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the northern Thanh Hoa province. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -A landslide tore apart a stretch of motorway in Sweden on Saturday, injuring three people, police and emergency services said. It ripped up a petrol station car park, overturned lorries and caved in the roof of a Burger King restaurant. Three people were taken to hospital...
MARSEILLE, France - Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France's Mediterranean port of Marseille. The...
KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits stormed Sabon Gida village on the edge of a...
LONDON, United Kingdom - British police on Friday released new pictures and renewed their appeal for information into the death of a 10-year-old girl, whose father will face trial for her murder. Sara Sharif's body was discovered at her family's home in southern England on August 10. A post-mortem...
