Pope Leo XIV has received a raucous welcome from Turkey's Catholic community. He opened his first full day in Turkey on Friday by meeting with Catholic priests and nuns at the Cathedral of the Holy …
K-pop bands including aespa have announced donations to support victims of a deadly apartment fire in Hong Kong. The blaze killed at least 128 people. Aespa pledged $64,000 to the Hong Kong Red …
Ukrainians in the southern city of Kherson live in constant fear of Russian drone attacks. The threat continues even after the city was liberated in 2022. The U.N. reports that Russian drones …
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, has resigned as a lawmaker. Her party announced this on Friday. Police are investigating her for allegedly tricking 17 …
Talks on the U.K. joining a major EU defense fund have ended without agreement, the British government said Friday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, elected last year, pledged to repair ties with the EU …
Rescuers are hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island that killed at least 79 people. Dozens of people are …
Hong Kong's worst fire in decades was still smoldering in several apartment towers Thursday as firefighters struggled to rescue dozens of people still unaccounted for. Officials reported at least 55 …
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte could be released from detention at the International Criminal Court on Friday. Appeals judges are set to rule on a request to free him while proceedings …
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin to discuss energy imports.
Hundreds of children have arrived in a Sudanese refugee camp without their families as thousands of people have fled violence in western Darfur. Officials say in the past month more children …
The death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached at least 145, according to officials. More than 1.2 million households and 3.6 million people have been affected across 12 provinces. On …
Hungary's Viktor Orbán to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow for energy talks (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert misspelled Hungary).
Hong Kong authorities say death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 128 after more bodies found.
A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final ruling. Friday's decision by the Tokyo …
Sri Lankan authorities say they have closed government offices and schools Friday as the death toll from landslides and floods across the country rose to 56. More than 600 houses were damaged. Sri …
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — The day begins in darkness, lit only by street lamps. As dawn breaks, a pale blue light reveals a quiet line of monks in orange robes moving through the streets of the …
A deadly fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has raised questions about bamboo scaffolding. The exact cause of the blaze, which has left at least 65 dead, is not yet known. But it has focused …
Somalia is one of the world’s poorest countries and it faces a crisis of health care made worse by the Trump administration's deep cuts in foreign aid. The loss of funding led to over 6,000 health …
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction. Christie’s says the Winter Egg is valued at more than 20 million pounds, or $26.4 million. …
Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, a veteran politician who had faced accusations of using his position for personal and political gain, has resigned to become an ambassador. In a …