More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
GAZA STRIP – More than 100 international aid organizations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation in Gaza and pressing for governments...
China begins building world’s largest dam
BEIJING – Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world's largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory, in a project that has sparked...
Jet crashes into Bangladesh school; over 20 dead
DHAKA – At least 20 people died and more than 170 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school...
Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to US
QUITO – The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the US to face charges of drug and arms trafficking.
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Israel regrets deadly strike on Catholic Church in Gaza
GAZA STRIP – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country "deeply regrets that a stray ammunition" hit Gaza's only Catholic Church, killing...
K-pop singer jailed three and a half years for rape
SEOUL – South Korean singer Taeil, formerly from the K-pop band NCT, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for...
Moscow airports temporarily closed after Ukraine drone attacks
MOSCOW – A sustained Ukrainian drone attack on Russia caused Moscow's major airports to be temporarily closed and saw at least 140 flights cancelled,...
At least 14 dead in South Korea floods, landslides
SEOUL – At least 14 people have died in floods and landslides caused by days of torrential rain in South Korea, the country's disaster...
Car ploughs into crowd at LA nightclub, injuring 30
LOS ANGELES – A man suspected of driving his car into a crowd of people in Los Angeles has been charged with assault with...
War crimes being committed in Sudan – ICC
THE HAGUE – There are "reasonable grounds" to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in western Sudan, said the International...