NEW YORK, United States -- Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran charged with choking homeless Black man Jordan Neely to death on a Manhattan subway in New York City, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Wednesday. Penny, white and 24, was recorded on cellphone video holding Neely in a chokehold on...
The death toll rose to 10 from a 13-story building collapse in Egypt's northern coastal city of Alexandria as rescue teams continued to search for victims, the state-run Nile TV reported on Wednesday. Rescuers recovered the body of a 24-year-old man on Wednesday morning and two other bodies late...
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Wednesday said the country plans to put into circulation three types of new banknotes in July 2024 with the latest anti-counterfeiting technologies. Suzuki made the announcement after inspecting the National Printing Bureau in Tokyo, noting that the...
One person was killed Wednesday after a tree fell upon him amid a heavy downpour that hit India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said. The heavy spells of monsoon showers triggered severe waterlogging in several parts of the city, forcing authorities to close some roads and shut down the...
A sound and stable China-U.S. relationship is in the interest of both countries, and is also a shared expectation of the international community, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said Tuesday. During a phone conversation with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Xie also...
More than 7,700 smuggled cultural relics have been delivered to Türkiye since 2018, as the country stepped up its efforts to combat illegal trafficking, local media reported on Wednesday. Thanks to the efforts of the Anti-Smuggling Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 7,701 assets...
Malaysia on Tuesday won a Dutch court case over a $14.9 billion award against the Southeast Asian nation that stems from a 19th century deal with a Philippine sultan. The verdict is part of a complex legal battle being fought in European courts that is rooted in Malaysia's colonial past, with...
French authorities have launched a probe after police killed a teenager who refused to stop for a traffic check  sparking new debate over the readiness of security forces to pull the trigger. The 17-year-old was driving in the Paris suburb of Nanterre early Tuesday when police shot him dead for...
Former US president Donald Trump can be heard discussing secret documents he had apparently held on to after leaving the White House and acknowledging they had not been declassified, in an audio recording aired by US media. The two-minute clip, played by CNN late Monday and later obtained by ABC and...
Indian police in the capital city of Delhi detained over 1,500 people and seized 270 vehicles during an intensified night patrol operation, a local media report quoted police officials as saying Tuesday. Meanwhile, five people were arrested for a daylight robbery of 2,438 U.S. dollars, police said....
Officers of Sri Lanka Customs on Tuesday arrested five individuals for trying to smuggle 5.65 kg gold out of the country at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Customs spokesman Sudattha Silva told journalists that the arrests were made following a tip-off. The five suspects were already onboard...
Mandatory devices that prevent children from being left inside buses will be installed in just about 55 percent of the vehicles used by preschool institutions across Japan by the end of June, a government survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey results released by the Children and Families...
