BANGKOK, Thailand - A huge black statue of an emaciated, winged figure with golden fangs and scarlet talons glares down on a busy Bangkok street, its sudden appearance triggering alarm and calls for its removal. Bangkok authorities have ordered an investigation after the five-metre-tall Kru...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Friday after Russian patrol aircraft were seen off the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, the country's Joint Staff said. Two planes flew along the coast between Japan's central and southern regions, passing through the Tsushima Strait and returning...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet, officials said Friday, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint waterway. The drone assaults came as a Russian-proxy official confirmed speculation that Ukrainian...
Search and recovery team members, accompanied by cadaver dogs, check charred buildings and cars in the aftermath of the Maui Fires in Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii, August 17, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) LOS ANGELES, United States -- The embattled head of Maui's emergency management agency,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden on Friday will announce new security cooperation at a first-of-a-kind three-way summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, hoping to send a message of strength to China which has already made clear its displeasure. The summit at the Camp...
The UN Security Council meets at UN headquarters in New York on August 17, 2023, to discuss the situation in North Korea. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) UNITED NATIONS , United States -- North Korea was accused at the UN Security Council Thursday of spending heavily on its nuclear arms program while...
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey warned Moscow to avoid further escalations after a Turkish-owned cargo vessel was attacked by the Russian navy last weekend, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said Thursday. "After the (Russian) intervention, our interlocutors in the Russian Federation were warned...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday a deal aimed to bring long-term preventative HIV treatment to vulnerable populations was on hold after the drugmaker imposed pricing confidentiality. In a statement, MSF called on ViiV Healthcare, to withdraw unacceptable conditions...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- A total of 62 humanitarian aid workers have died this year around the world, the United Nations said Thursday as it prepared to mark 20 years since a devastating attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad. The UN observes World Humanitarian Day on August 19 each year...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday requested an April 2026 trial date on the federal charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election -- long after next year's presidential vote. The request comes as lead prosecutor Jack Smith is pushing for a January 2 start...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's intelligence agency heightened its terror alert level Thursday to four on a scale of five after angry reactions in the Muslim world to Koran burnings in Sweden made the country a "prioritised target". The level was increased from "elevated", where it had been since...
PARIS, France - France's government said Thursday it would hold a crisis meeting to tackle a heatwave that could reach its high point at the weekend, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's office told AFP Thursday. Senior civil servants from Borne's office as well as the interior, health, agriculture and...
