At least 23 killed in Japan typhoon
TOKYO – At least 23 people were killed
while 16 others were missing after one of the worst typhoons hit Japan in
recent history, according to...
Saudi king approves US military deployment
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s king and crown
prince approved the deployment of additional United States (US) troops and
equipment, after an attack last month on the...
Talks to end unrest in Ecuador dim as protests roil capital
QUITO – Hopes
for a negotiated end to the worst unrest in Ecuador in at least a decade dimmed
as clashes between police and anti-austerity protesters...
1 killed as typhoon approaches Japan
TOKYO – One man
died and over a million in Japan were advised to evacuate as powerful typhoon
was set to make landfall, bringing with it...
South Koreans protest over corruption scandal
SEOUL – A
growing corruption scandal over a new justice minister is bringing South
Koreans out into the streets in numbers rarely seen since candlelight protests
helped...
Houses destroyed in Australian bushfires
Australia – At least 30 houses were
destroyed or seriously damaged in a bushfire in New South Wales.
Blazes burned across the state and
neighboring Queensland on...
Ecuador protesters take 8 police officers hostage
ECUADOR – Eight police officers were
taken hostage in Ecuador amid ongoing demonstrations.
Indigenous demonstrators paraded seven
men and one woman on a stage in Quito on...
Thousands flee in Turkish attack
ISTANBUL – Turkey pounded Kurdish
militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of
thousands of people to flee and killing at...
Turkey opens ground assault on Syria’s Kurds
AKCAKALE – Turkish troops and their
Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, pounding them
with air strikes and artillery before starting a cross-border...
Taiwan leader rejects China’s ‘one country, two systems’ offer
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s president rejected a
“one country, two systems” formula – Beijing suggested could be used to unify
the island and the mainland – saying...