Slaughter of dolphins on Faeroe Island sparks debate
COPENHAGEN – The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins over the weekend, part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water where...
North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters
SEOUL – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea in defiance of United Nations (UN) resolutions, the second weapons test in several...
Haiti PM banned from leaving country amid murder inquiry
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry was banned from leaving the country amid an investigation into his alleged involvement in the assassination of...
Donors pledge $1.1B for ‘collapsing’ Afghanistan
GENEVA – Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiraled since the Islamist Taliban took power.
United...
Indonesia arrests key leader in al-Qaida-linked group
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has been blamed for a...
Blaze at COVID-19 field hospital kills 14
SKOPJE – North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning on Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) field...
Hong Kong police raid Tiananmen Square museum
BEIJING – Hong Kong police raided a museum commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Officers were seen carrying exhibits out of the June 4 Museum.
Four...
Vietnam to reopen resort island to foreign tourists
HANOI – Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month as the country looks at ways...
Minor girls paraded naked in India ‘rain ritual’
NEW DELHI – Six minor girls in central India were stripped and paraded naked as part of a village ritual to summon rains.
The incident...
EU warns Polish regions they could lose funding over ‘LGBT-free’ zones
WARSAW – The European Commission has written to five Polish regional councils urging them to abandon declarations that they are “LGBT-free” to receive funding,...