Iran's top defense official has visited Iraq to discuss a new security agreement between the two countries. Details of the agreement remain unclear. Iraq had accused Israel of using its airspace for …
An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, for what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing. The two college …
As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations …
Downpours on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu have caused flooding and mudslides, injuring a number of people and impacting travel during a Buddhist holiday week. Several people were reported …
India’s top court has ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from its streets and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently. In its order Monday, the Supreme …
Pakistan's railways have suspended all train services to and from a southwestern province for four days after separatists blew up a railway track. Officials say the attack on Sunday derailed six cars …
A 90-day pause on imposing higher tariffs on China is due to expire on Tuesday and it is unclear if it will be extended. After the most recent round of China-U.S. trade talks, held late last month in …
South Korea’s president will pardon jailed former justice minister and liberal ally Cho Kuk this week, officials said Monday, cutting short his two-year sentence for falsifying academic records to …
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will recognize a Palestinian state. His remarks on Monday followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to defend a new military offensive in one of Gaza’s most populated areas amid growing condemnation at home and abroad. He said that Israel …
Joy Falatiya says she fell apart after her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in South Sudan in March 2024. She says she even thought of ending her life. But she has made a …
An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentences 2 men to public caning for having gay sex.
Mountain resorts near Sarajevo are shifting from snow sports to summer tourism. Haris Fazlagic, president of the Sarajevo tourism board, says snow is now likely only at higher altitudes, which their …
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his country will inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” in any war over Taiwan due to its proximity and the presence of large numbers of …
An English tourist who hit and killed a man while riding an e-scooter in Australia pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of dangerous driving causing death while under the influence of alcohol. Alicia …
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The hands of Yosbelin Pérez have made tens of thousands of the aluminum round gridles that Venezuelan families heat every day to cook arepas. She takes deep pride in …
Yosbelin Pérez is starting over with nothing in her name after trying to escape Venezuela's political, social and economic crisis. Pérez, her husband and five children are back in their country …
Australia will recognize Palestine as a state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
A U.S. tourist who was visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny’s residency has been fatally shot at La Perla, a popular seaside shantytown. Police identified the victim as Kevin Mares, a 25-year-old who …
Security footage from a hospital in Sweida in southern Syria shows what appears to be the killing of a medical worker by men in military garb. The video, published Sunday by activist media collective …