Iran has appointed a new central bank governor after the former one resigned following a record currency drop against the U.S. dollar. President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet named Abdolnasser Hemmati …
Authorities in Indonesia have raised the alert level for the Mount Bur Ni Telong volcano to its second highest following a series of increased activity and volcanic earthquakes. 8,600-foot …
Police in Germany say thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a bank vault that they drilled into during the holiday lull. Some 2,700 bank customers …
China’s People’s Liberation Army says it has “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan. That concludes a set of high-powered maneuvers aimed at …
Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a security and defense policy ahead of schedule while facing China’s growing …
Bulgaria is joining the euro on New Year's Day. The East European nation of 6.4 million becomes the 21st member of the shared EU currency. A lot of people are wary of the switch away from the lev, …
New Zealand's Auckland has become the first major city to ring in 2026 with fireworks from Sky Tower.
Turkish authorities have detained 125 suspected Islamic State members in raids across 25 provinces. These operations, conducted on Wednesday, are part of efforts to prevent attacks during Christmas …
The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens. It's doing so through people like Zhang Wanting, an actress who is so …
Officials say Pakistan has seen polio cases fall by more than half in 2025. That's a sign of progress in its eradication campaign even as vaccinators face repeated militant attacks. The announcement …
Surveys show that Chinese factory activity expanded for the first time in eight months in December, as orders picked up ahead of holidays and builders rushed to finish projects. The official …
China Vanke, once the country's largest homebuilder, narrowly avoided defaulting on a $284 million debt last week as the painfully slow recovery in China's property market drags on. Bondholders …
Hundreds of Allied prisoners of war were held in Japanese camps in Nagasaki when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb 80 years ago. Their presence during the August 9, 1945, bombing is not widely known. …
Two trains taking tourists to Peru’s famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu have crashed, killing at least one person and injuring around 30 passengers. The person killed was a railroad worker. …
Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries. The move comes in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ban citizens from these nations from entering …
Saudi Arabia says it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The attack signals a new escalation …
China’s People’s Liberation Army is staging a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan. It's unleashing live-fire exercises as part of what it calls “Justice Mission 2025” to …
Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend. That's according to provisional results released late on Tuesday. Doumbouya won …
Two trains taking tourists to Peru's Machu Picchu collide, killing at least 1 person and injuring 30, officials say.
Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya is declared the winner of Guinea’s election held on Sunday, provisional results show.