TOKYO, Japan- Tokyo shares closed higher Friday after New York high-tech stocks advanced overnight, while investors eyed US employment data due later in the day. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.17 percent, or 45.68 points, to end at 27,518.31, while the broader Topix index rose 0.21 percent,...
MONTREAL, Canada-Â An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and downed power lines. The storm pummeled Quebec and Ontario, Canada's two most populous provinces. "Montreal is devastated," but the...
TYRE, Lebanon- Lebanon and Israel "said they do not want war", the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said Friday. The UN peacekeepers -- deployed in southern Lebanon to buffer the two countries -- called on "all parties to cease all actions" on both sides of the border after the Israeli army...
TOKYO, Japan- Rescuers in Japan have found more parts of a military helicopter a day after it disappeared from radar with 10 people on board, the coastguard said Friday. Two pilots, two mechanics and six crew members were on board the UH-60JA when it went missing shortly before 4:00 pm local time...
The Israeli army announced before dawn Friday that it was carrying out strikes "in Lebanon", from where more than 30 rockets were fired at Israel the previous day. The army said in a short statement issued at 4:07 am (0107 GMT) that it "is currently striking in Lebanon," without providing further...
TYRE, Lebanon- At least three explosions were heard in southern Lebanon's Tyre region at dawn on Friday, according to AFP reporters, as Israel announced it was carrying out strikes in response to rocket fire. "At least two shells fell near" a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre city, said camp...
JERUSALEM - Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque Wednesday, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes in flaring violence as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.  Armed police in riot gear stormed the...
BERLIN, Germany - The inventor of the hugely popular Catan board game, Klaus Teuber, has died at the age of 70, the franchise's German publisher has said. Teuber passed away on Saturday after a "short and serious illness", publisher Kosmos said in a statement Tuesday. Â The Catan creator had...
KARACHI, Pakistan - International vets "nearly lost" a 17-year-old elephant in Pakistan on Wednesday after knocking her out to perform diagnostic tests, but they now hope to treat multiple issues that have left her crippled for months. Noor Jehan has been barely able to walk around her enclosure at...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina  - The prime minister of one of Bosnia's two regions was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday in a case involving the purchase of Chinese ventilators in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fadil Novalic, who leads the Bosnia and Herzegovina...
BEIJING, China - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a "major role" to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The families of women murdered by men demonstrated Wednesday in defence of a prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group accused of activity against law and morals. Prosecutors had filed a lawsuit in April against We Will Stop Femicide Platform, one of the country's leading...
