ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country. The attack and...
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities were searching Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of gold coins that had been displayed inside. City police said the suspects had purchased tickets...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea 's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Friday on allegations he and others tried to manipulate the investigation into a marine 's drowning, in another criminal case against the ex-leader. Yoon earlier this year was removed from office after...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.4 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur the economy through expansionary government spending and to relieve the impact of higher prices. After taking office last month, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised to boost...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A boiler at a glue-making factory in eastern Pakistan exploded on Friday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 21 others. The force of the blast destroyed the factory building and damaged several nearby homes, igniting a huge fire and spreading panic through the area,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb slammed into a residential district in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing five people, officials said Friday, as Moscow 's forces continued to hammer civilian areas of Ukraine. The overnight attack, which also injured 10 people...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump 's birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — World leaders arrived Friday for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda but has been undermined by a rift between host South Africa and the United States over a Trump administration boycott....
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia 's polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highly contagious disease was declared...
Following the destructive typhoons that hit the Philippines, the national government is gearing up to tap half a billion dollars in climate funding from the Washington-based World Bank. According to the Department of Finance’s (DOF) Facebook post on Thursday, Nov. 20, the national government is...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing for reforms to strengthen the Philippine corporate bond market and broaden capital market access for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with strategic engagement from the World Bank Group (WBG) and its private-sector lending arm,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities raised the alert for Mount Semeru volcano to the highest level on Wednesday after a series of eruptions prompted evacuations. The volcano is the highest peak on Java, the most densely populated island in Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java province...
