TAIPEI, Taiwan– Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party took a clear lead in Taiwan's presidential election count Saturday, claiming 41.6 percent of ballots cast, according to the island's polling authority. Supporters of Taiwan's presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih...
WASHINGTON, United States– The administration of Democratic US President Joe Biden on Friday accused Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott of preventing the federal border patrol from carrying out its mission by blocking its access to a key sector of the border with Mexico. Abbott, a staunch...
A local resident inspects his damaged apartment in a two-storey housing block hit by recent shelling in Makiivka (Makeyevka), Russian-controlled Ukraine, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict on January 12, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) KYIV, Ukraine– Russia launched dozens of attacks over...
BEIJING, China– At least 10 people were killed and six are missing after an accident at a coal mine in central China's Henan Province, state media said Saturday. The accident, a likely coal and gas explosion described as an "outburst", happened around 2:55 pm (0655 GMT) on Friday in...
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador's armed forces were engaged in a brutal standoff with organized crime Thursday, deploying more than 22,400 soldiers to put down a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives. Head of Ecuador's Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Jaime Vela (C), leaves after a...
BOGOTÃ, Colombia- Colombian President Gustavo Petro's eldest son was indicted Thursday on charges of money laundering involving funds from a drug lord that allegedly went to the president's election campaign. (FILES) Grab taken from a handout video released by Colombia's Superior Council of the...
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea- Troops patrolled the streets of Papua New Guinea's capital on Friday, under a state of emergency following riots that killed 16 across the country's two largest cities. This picture shows a damaged building in Port Moresby on January 12, 2023. Troops patrolled the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Tens of thousands of supporters flocked to noisy, colourful rallies for Taiwan's three main political parties on Friday, as the candidates made a last push for votes in an election that China has warned could take the island closer to war. TOPSHOT - Supporters of Lai Ching-te, the...
Palermo, Italy — A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019. (FILES) Rescued migrants rest and gesture on...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands- Israel said Friday it was not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people, as it hit back at what it called a "profoundly distorted" and "malevolent" genocide case against it at the UN's top court. A Palestinian man holds a portrait of late Palestine Liberation Organisation...
LONDON, United Kingdom— World-renowned British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been charged with child sexual offences, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday. Jan Latham-Koenig Latham-Koenig was the first British-born conductor to become artistic director of a Russian opera company,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Iran's navy seized a ship off Oman to retaliate for the "theft" of its oil from the same tanker last year by the United States, state media said Thursday. A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker St Nikolas was seized by the Iranian navy...
