Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home. Strikes on steel and petrochemical industries and energy …
Pope Leo XIV and some members of the Vatican delegation deplane after their Iberia charter develops a technical problem.
Hundreds of Indonesian students have protested in Jakarta, the capital, and other cities, demanding lower fuel and food prices. They also urged President Prabowo Subianto to roll back costly state …
The European Union’s migration commissioner says the bloc’s executive arm will monitor any agreement to set up so-called return hubs in non-EU countries so that the rights of rejected asylum …
Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality. An adviser to the justice minister confirmed on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday. The code punishes …
The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers. The European Migration and Asylum Pact is …
Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south and left 55 people dead …
A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to revoke exclusive 2026 World Cup broadcast rights granted in Myanmar to telecom operator Mytel, saying the company is a key revenue source for the military …
The humpback whale that kept Germany spellbound for months likely lived for roughly five days after the final controversial rescue attempt failed to guide it back to its natural habitat in the …
The United States has not given a visa to the head of the Palestinian Football Association even though FIFA typically invites the heads of each national federation to attend the World Cup. Jibril …
David Hockney, an icon of 20th-century art, has died at age 88, his publicist says.
Police say two collisions on a highway in western Hungary have killed eight people. A truck caught fire after colliding with a construction vehicle near Győr around 4:30 a.m. Friday, killing one …
The Philippine government says China’s imposition of sanctions, including an entry ban, against Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. was “an unfriendly act” that could further strain …
Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every …
A Ukrainian veteran who lost his sight in combat is now teaching others pottery, a craft he learned during rehabilitation. Ivan Shostak lost his sight in one of Ukraine’s bloodiest battles. Pottery …
Japan’s H3 rocket has returned to flight with the debut of its new low-cost variant. The H3 took off Friday from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. The Japan Aerospace …
Hwang In-beom has led South Korea to a 2-1 comeback win over the Czech Republic in the World Cup. Hwang scored the Koreans' first goal and assisted on Oh Hyeon-gyu’s decisive strike in a game …
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at age 47. The palace said she died Thursday. She had been on life support …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A star-studded opening ceremony featuring Shakira, Burna Boy and J Balvin kicked off the 2026 World Cup before a crowd of more than 80,000 at the revamped Azteca Stadium in …
South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister have been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang to heighten …