Tanker hit by Houthi rebels that threatened a Red Sea oil spill has been salvaged
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening...
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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
South Korea’s acting leader on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as...
Filipino Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue
Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Thursday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a...
Out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and other structures
A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles...
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower on revived caution over future trade friction
Asian stocks were mostly lower on Thursday as caution revives over a likely deepening of trade friction once President-elect Donald...
South Korean court clears government, adoption agency of liability in adoptee’s deportation from US
A South Korean court on Wednesday cleared the government and an adoption agency of all liability in a lawsuit filed...
Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed
California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands...
Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall St slumps despite strong US economic data
Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after shares slumped on Wall Street despite better-than-expected reports on the U.S. jobs...
Strong earthquake kills at least 53 people in western China near Mount Everest
A strong earthquake killed at least 53 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of...
North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets
North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in...
US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge
The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than...
Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition
Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project on Monday to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant...
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached Yoon
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its...
‘Our country ignored Africa,’ Jimmy Carter said. He didn’t
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with...
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached...
