US Navy ship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade talks with Beijing
BEIJING – A US guided-missile destroyer sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea claimed by China as US officials join...
Britain’s May to hold parliamentary Brexit vote on Jan. 15
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a delayed parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday, Jan. 15, the BBC reported on...
Chinese man executed for kindergarten knife attack
BEIJING – A court in southern China has put a man to death after he injured 12 children in a knife attack at a...
7 dead, dozens trapped after Russian gas blast
MOSCOW – As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in a...
Vehicle plows into New Year’s crowd in Tokyo, injures eight
TOKYO – At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle plowed into crowds celebrating New Year’s Day in Tokyo early on...
Bangladesh heads to polls amid high alert
BANGLADESH is voting in a general election, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her third consecutive term in office.
Security forces are on high alert,...
Indian navy tries to save trapped miners
NEW DELHI – A team of Indian navy divers has been deployed in a bid to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a flooded coal...
Bomb kills three Vietnamese tourists, guide near pyramids
CAIRO – Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their...
Canadian detained in China released
MONTREAL – A Canadian citizen who was detained in China this month has returned to Canada after being released from custody, a Canadian government...
Family of Lion Air pilot sues Boeing over fatal crash
CHICAGO – The family of the Indonesian co-pilot of a Lion Air flight that crashed in October, killing all 189 on board, has filed...