Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region. Prime Minister James Marape confirmed the approval on Thursday. He says the …
Two Vietnamese officials accused of sexually assaulting restaurant servers in New Zealand won't return to face charges. New Zealand authorities said Thursday that extradition attempts failed. A …
Portuguese vineyards are harvesting grapes at night to combat rising temperatures. This practice, rooted in tradition, helps preserve the freshness of grapes by avoiding daytime heat. In the Alentejo …
Rescuers wearing hard hats crawled into tight passages of concrete rubble, chipping away debris with hand tools to try to reach survivors days after they were trapped in Monday’s collapse of an …
Tropical Storm Matmo is edging closer to the Philippines' most populous region of Luzon, which it is expected to cross Friday. Philippine forecasters warned Thursday of a moderate risk of …
Morocco's state news agency says that a police vehicle that rammed into demonstrators in Morocco left one person injured as anti-government protests spread across the North African country this week. …
A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election. His “Japanese First” slogan has appealed to people …
Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli has been imprisoned, but his reporting continues through a YouTube channel. From behind bars, Altayli shares news and political commentary via letters read aloud by …
Israeli forces are pressing their offensive in Gaza, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the world awaited Hamas’ response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace …
Rescuers are using backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people. …
Hurricane Imelda is barreling toward Bermuda as forecasters warn it would swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm. Heavy winds and rain are expected to start hitting the island by …
Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory. The Global Sumud Flotilla, …
The Van Gogh Museum has organized an exhibition this fall shining the spotlight on a postman and his family who modeled for Vincent van Gogh. The show, titled “Van Gogh and the Roulins. Together …
El Salvador’s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year. The law has been perceived as a way to pressure …
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary. The order, dated Monday, emphasizes the close cooperation and shared …
Authorities believe residents of a remote community in the mountains of southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state beat five people to death and burned their bodies. The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said …
Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack that left a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze and adrift in the Gulf of Aden. This attack was their most serious assault in the Gulf of …
Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland zoo and amusement park for now after the federal government denied its request to ship 30 belugas to China. Fisheries Minister Joanne …
Rohingya Muslims have pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar …
Confusion surrounds internet connectivity in Afghanistan after some networks were restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday. The Associated Press initially reported a Taliban …