KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers recovered the bodies on Friday of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain, an expedition organizer said. The climbers were attempting the first summit of…
MEDAN, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities said on Friday they made two major drug busts worth millions of dollars on the island of Sumatra within days. Police and customs officers intercepted a ship carrying 1.1 tons of…
Government and company websites across the world go offline after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language prompted millions of hacking attempts
PARIS,France — French and British air forces have for the first time staged a joint exercise simulating a nuclear strike, the countries' defense ministries said in a statement Friday. The exercise, codenamed "Rummy" and…
PARIS — Some 70,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across France on Saturday while the Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed as authorities seek to prevent renewed violence during…
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested a suspect in the illegal recruitment and qualified human trafficking of 30 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were allegedly forced into scam…
LONDON, United Kingdom — Prince Harry's wife Meghan said Friday she was "deeply distressed" following accusations her father had possessed images of child abuse, adding she had blocked contact between him and her…
TOKYO — The United States military said on Friday it would ban vehicles made by Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD from an air base in Japan, saying their presence posed a security risk. The ban will begin at the…
An earthquake of magnitude-7 struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 32 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Nagqu City's…
NEW DELHI, India — Fiercely proud of its culinary traditions, India is increasingly open to foreign influences, with French cooking schools attracting students eager to make their mark on the country's growing…
BEIJING, China — China's first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country's booming tech industry as advance ticket sales lag. More than…
Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi (Rosal in the Philippines), which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still…
PARIS, France — "Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for 50 million euros ($56 million) including buyer fees in Paris on Thursday, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in…
WARSAW, Poland — Thousands protested on Thursday in Warsaw and over 20 other Polish cities Thursday seeking abortion rights on the sixth anniversary of a near-total abortion ban imposed by Poland's highest court. The…
US President Donald Trump criticized NBA superstar LeBron James on Thursday for what he called disrespectful behavior during the singing of the national anthem at a recent NBA game.
WASHINGTON, United States — Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered aides to fetch him a globe associated with legendary World War II General Dwight Eisenhower -- and they broke it, The Washington Post reported Thursday…
YEREVAN, Armenia — Nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075 due to climate change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned Thursday. In…
The US State Department said Thursday it was restricting the visas of more than 60 public officials and prominent figures from Colombia and Bolivia, citing alleged connections to corruption and narcotrafficking.
SAN FRANCISCO — Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during…
TOKYO, Japan — At a barbershop in Tokyo, yakuza gangster Tekisasu glances in the mirror at his meticulous new cut and thanks the hairdresser for the weekly trim crucial to his mobster trade. Japan's yakuza operate an…
Thailand has advised its citizens to postpone non-essential travel to parts of Europe rocked by protests, while Malaysia also warned its nationals about visiting France.
KYOTO, Japan — Sixteen writers -- half French-speaking and half Japanese -- boarded a luxury train in Kyoto on Thursday, faced with the unusual task of collectively writing a novel in under 24 hours. The authors, who…
22 October 2026 Health As the deadly Ebola disease outbreak reached an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators pursued all leads on Thursday to assess the risk of the disease…
About 20 Filipinos were repatriated from Cambodia on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, according to the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia.
22 October 2026 Health A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, the first recorded human case of the disease. The virus is mainly found in livestock, especially cattle, sheep, goats, horses…
22 October 2026 Peace and Security The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in New…
The Philippine Embassy in Rome is urging Filipinos in Italy to “exercise heightened caution” as protests against high living costs are expected this weekend.
Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown,” before she was…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found. Researchers…
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Foreign ministers from seven European and Middle Eastern countries will hold talks in Istanbul Friday focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and the crises in the Middle East. Ministers from the so-called…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction of a massive arch in Washington proposed by US President Donald Trump could move ahead despite ongoing legal action, with a recent court filing saying work could begin in two weeks. The…
NEW YORK — New York's city council on Thursday voted to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, signaling the end of a tourist ritual that's been subject to years of heated debate. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who must sign…
BEIJING — A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 46 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said…
SACRAMENTO, California — Mark Zuckerberg made a deal with Meta's board to help him pay a proposed California tax on billionaires without losing his ownership stake in the company he founded, according to regulatory…
LONDON — UK military helicopters and planes will be equipped to fight wildfires, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced late Thursday ahead of hosting England's first "resilience" summit focused on the growing threat…
WASHINGTON, United States — Elon Musk said this week that SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to study a merger of his two biggest companies. The combination would be worth about $3.5 trillion and would be…
MIAMI — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order from US Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump lashed out at NBA superstar LeBron James on Thursday for what he called disrespectful behavior during the playing of the national anthem. Trump posted a video of the basketball…
KYIV — Moscow firing ballistic missiles at Ukraine shortly after talks between United States envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia’s Vladimir Putin showed that the Kremlin’s position on the war had not changed, President…
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