WASHINGTON, United States — A small city in southern Ukraine, cut off for months by fighting, has got a brief pause in the nearly 5-year-old war so that aid can get in and residents can get out. US first lady Melania…
JAKARTA — Indonesia and Singapore agreed Tuesday to cooperate more closely to combat the illegal burning of land that has contributed to a toxic haze that has blanketed multiple cities across Southeast Asia in recent…
Authorities in Monaco said late on Monday that they had detained a man and had opened an investigation into the death of a member of the princely family.
WASHINGTON, United States — A small city in southern Ukraine, cut off for months by fighting, has got a brief pause in the nearly 5-year-old war so that aid can get in and residents can get out. U.S. first lady Melania…
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian President Nicusor Dan on Tuesday called an alleged Russian sabotage plot last month a “grave violation” of the NATO member’s sovereignty and security, at a time when many fear Moscow's war…
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets across the country to celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat late on October 25 in a historic poll that capped two years of peaceful anti-government protests
HYDERABAD, India — Indian authorities on Tuesday evacuated tens of thousands of people from vulnerable coastal areas in the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh as a severe cyclone over the Bay of Bengal was expected to make…
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday renewed his attacks on Arab parties, warning after casting his ballot that "they're trying to steal the election" after reports that individuals were arrested…
Opinion polls show a close race between Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and its right-wing allies and a rival alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief of staff and security hawk with backers on the right…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two upcoming concerts by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in Indonesia will go ahead despite opposition from the country’s top Muslim clerical body over the singer’s past support for Israel, the…
BEIJING — ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming reclaimed the top spot on a list of China’s richest people, driven by his company's push into artificial intelligence. The rankings released by The Hurun Research Institute on…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel's election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel's…
KYIV — A truce between Ukraine and Russia aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky entered into force early Tuesday, after it was announced by US First Lady Melania Trump last week…
PARIS, France — The US State Department issued a joint statement cosigned by 30 other nations Monday warning urgent action was needed to address the "alarming deterioration" in Sudan's food security due to the ongoing…
New active ingredient Cyclopyranil effectively controls weeds resistant to common herbicides
SYDNEY — Prince Harry's wife Meghan says she has agreed to feature as a special guest in television cooking sensation "Junior MasterChef Australia." Meghan, who was a guest judge on "MasterChef Australia" this year, is…
BRASILIA, Brazil — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s comeback to win Brazil’s presidential runoff Sunday is facing its first hurdle as his competitor, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, attempts to mount an organized…
Thirty children who were abandoned when they were infants are under the care of this city's government, most of whom have Filipino lineage through their mothers.
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around. The…
PARIS — France’s government pledged Monday to replace its national online university admissions platform, seeking to quell student anger after weeks of often violent mass protests over education and living costs. Higher…
With the November 3 midterm elections approaching, four Filipino US permanent residents were named in a US Department of Justice announcement involving election-related offenses.
HANOI, Vietnam — The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces. The three males and two females, aged…
SYDNEY — The Pentagon has assigned the USS Colorado as the first US nuclear-powered attack submarine to join a rotating force to be based in western Australia. The 377-foot (115-meter) Virginia-Class submarine, armed…
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles launched by Yemen's Houthis towards Saudi Arabia's Eastern Region early on Tuesday, as the fighting between the kingdom and the…
DAMASCUS — Syrian authorities said at least six people were killed in strikes on Monday in the country's south, as Jordan said it had targeted "terrorist organizations" after a deadly jihadist attack on a church. In an…
Around 36,600 people have fled into northern Kenya following an uptick in fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border. That’s according to the UN migration agency, IOM. Forces from the Somali and Oromia regions in…
Jordan said on Monday its air force struck what it described as militant hideouts in southern Syria after determining that the suspects behind last week's deadly church attack in the kingdom were linked to "terrorist…
Israel’s “aggressive operation” in the West Bank city of Hebron raises serious concerns of ethnic cleansing, UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Monday, as the number of Palestinians forced from their homes…
War is growing deadlier for women and girls, who accounted for one in four of the more than 37,000 civilians killed in armed conflict last year – double their share in 2021 – according to major UN report released…
BERN, Switzerland - At a Filipino diaspora conference in Bern, Angel Banaag was called up to share her insights on getting involved in community events. As the 20-year-old incoming university student spoke, her mother…
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who led the country for just one year and spent years afterward trying to build better ties with China, has died, officials said Monday. He was 90. He died Thursday…
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who led the country for just one year and spent years afterward trying to build better ties with China, has died, officials said Monday. He was 90. He died Thursday…
Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, scheduled for November 6-17, will go ahead, the Vatican said on Monday.
SYDNEY — Artificial intelligence poses an "unprecedented" threat as foreign governments turn it loose to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure, Australia's cyber security agency warned on Tuesday. The…
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — HealthyCell, the science-based nutrition company pioneering gel-based supplements and redefining how nutrients are absorbed and experienced, today announced that actress and entrepreneur…
NEW YORK — The Trump administration illegally fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of ex-FBI Director and Trump critic James Comey, as a Justice Department prosecutor, a judge ruled Monday, sharply rebuking the…
TIPTONVILLE, Tennessee — A man serving a life sentence for killing his co-worker four years ago has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee by slipping through a fence, authorities said. Officials realized Jacob…
LONDON, United Kingdom — Luis de la Fuente won the Ballon d'Or for men's coach of the year on Monday after leading Spain to World Cup glory. "Teamwork makes us invincible. This is a great honor," de la Fuente said after…
US President Donald Trump hit back at Barack Obama on Monday after the former president jokingly said his successor's White House looked as if it were a cheesecake restaurant run by Saddam Hussein. "For you to say it's…
SEATTLE — The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without US citizenship. In a letter to the Washington…
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