BOSTON — When Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Massachusetts home, police quickly decided it was a suicide. From the start, her friends didn't believe it. The 23-year-old had recently learned she was pregnant…
LUCKNOW, India — A helicopter carrying five passengers and a pilot on a pilgrimage flight crashed in the northern Indian hill state of Uttarakhand on Friday killing all six people on board, officials said. The…
'The newspaper no longer exists. The Russian authorities and the Russian security services have forced our editorial team to cease its operations,' says the publication. Its final issue will be published on November 9.
WASHINGTON — Early voting is continuing to significantly outpace the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate…
UNITED STATES — A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm says a North Korean unit was likely behind the hack that impacted more than $6 billion on Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance said it…
The government proposes to make bid-rigging in building renovation a criminal offense, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a HK$10 million fine. Laws against triads will also be tightened.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday against giving artificial intelligence agents legal personhood or rights, saying the responsibility for their actions should lie firmly with their human creators. "Machines are…
Plenty is at stake in this midterm election as Democrats try to win majority control of the US Congress
YANGON, Myanmar — ASEAN's special Myanmar envoy, Philippines Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, wrapped up a two-day visit to the nation Thursday, with no sign of meeting detained democratic ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi…
DENVER, Colorado — An Egyptian man is scheduled to change his not guilty plea to federal hate crime and other charges Thursday for a deadly firebombing attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year. Mohamed…
A Greek container ship that was hit by naval drones off Bulgaria has sunk, but the crew of 14 Filipinos and four Ukrainians were all rescued and brought safely to the Bulgarian port of Varna.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A helicopter with the European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia crashed Thursday in the country's north, killing four personnel on board and injuring 11, according to a statement from…
29 October 2026 Climate and Environment From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate. Some 252 million hectares across 149…
29 October 2026 | Human Rights Myanmar’s human rights situation is “catastrophic”, the UN independent expert on the country warned at a press briefing Thursday, as the war spirals with no end in sight. Myanmar has been…
By Sachin Gaur 29 October 2026 Economic Development Artificial intelligence promises to make life easier. With a few keystrokes, it can write emails, summarize reports, generate ideas and answer complex questions in…
29 October 2026 Peace and Security The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Thursday condemned a Russian drone attack on the city of Dnipro that killed at least 13 civilians and injured 10 others at its main…
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party on Thursday amplified unsubstantiated allegations that Arab-led parties had “stolen” the election, potentially with foreign assistance, as final results…
CARACAS — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday thanked the government of US President Donald Trump for opening the "floodgate to freedom" by capturing president Nicolas Maduro in January. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump is scrapping two of his last midterm election rallies, his Republican Party said Thursday, as the 80-year-old leader lashed out at a reporter who asked if he was tired of…
MELBOURNE — Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson lost a bid to overturn her convictions and had a harsher sentence imposed on Friday, failing to prove she was wrongfully jailed for killing three people with a…
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year journey in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to…
UNITED STATES — Three news outlets have beefed up their legal complaint against the White House over access, saying it is continuing to defy a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is escalating a criminal investigation over an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, issuing a raft of new grand jury subpoenas, a…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — King Charles III arrived Thursday in Guyana, a former British colony that was the site of one of the biggest slave revolts in the Caribbean during the colonial era. Charles landed in the South…
CEBU, Philippines — Beijing accused Manila on Thursday of "erecting multiple obstacles" to its attendance at an ASEAN meeting in the Philippines this week, a claim rejected by the Southeast Asian country's defense…
ATLANTA — Days before key US midterm elections that will decide the balance of power in Congress, Democrats are leaning on former president Barack Obama to energize voters and help propel the party to victory. "Yes we…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday stepped up criticism of Brazil's "disgraceful" presidential election, declining to say whether he recognized leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's victory over right-wing ally Flavio…
SEOUL — North Korea fired “around a dozen” short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Seoul’s defense ministry said, less than a week after South Korea proposed talks over a growing border row. South…
TAIPEI — Pakistan briefly closed its airspace to Taiwanese cargo and passenger flights, Taiwan said Thursday, suspecting China of being behind the unprecedented move. “We suspect definitely China was behind this,”…
RAJSHAHI, Bangladesh — With a 30-year Ganges water-sharing treaty with India expiring in December, Bangladesh fears failure to strike a new deal could deepen water shortages, threatening tens of millions of livelihoods…
KAKINADA, India — A cyclone battered India’s eastern Andhra Pradesh state Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging homes and farmland after authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people. The winds and…
SYDNEY — Australia is considering purchasing missile interceptors developed for Israel’s Iron Dome as it seeks to rapidly build an air defense shield, officials said on Thursday. Citing rapid changes in warfare seen in…
JERUSALEM — Israelis on Thursday waited for final election results to confirm what they see taking shape: No majority of parliament seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies, or for the array of parties…
MIAMI, Florida — Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted on Wednesday he is his country’s rightful leader, after fleeing to the United States to start a self-imposed exile…
URDA, Spain — Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday after its second high-speed rail collision this year killed 68 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones. One…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has fired its top military planner, The Atlantic reported on Wednesday, in a surprise shake-up as President Donald Trump appears to be preparing to resume large-scale strikes against…
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti, the government said on Wednesday, to support a mission to rescue four soldiers serving in a UN-backed force missing after an ambush. The soldiers…
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