Japanese court convicts Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs
A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced an Australian woman who says she was tricked amphetamines into the country to six years in prison, despite accepting her testimony that ...
Activists file second impeachment complaint against embattled Philippine Vice President Duterte
A group led by left-wing activists filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president on Wednesday over her alleged misuse of government funds ...
An Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire
Israeli forces carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, including a deadly strike that the ...
Shock martial law edict in South Korea follows chaotic recent history: A look at the crucial context
It may seem that the wild predawn scenes in Seoul, with hundreds of armed troops and frantic lawmakers storming South Korea’s ...
Democrat Adam Gray captures California’s 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte
Democrat Adam Gray captured California’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, unseating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the ...
A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell
Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year’s most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced. On ...
Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event
For the artistic and cultural elites of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory ...
New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding for world’s crises shrinks
The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod to ...
Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria’s shock insurgency?
Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked to remake his public image and the ...
An ex-officer who died in an apparent suicide before his abuse trial was not supposed to have a gun
A former police detective in Kansas who died in an apparent suicide as he was about to stand trial for allegedly sexually ...
Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry
Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador’s central highlands, began in the mid-20th century, born from the ...
‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major African rail project
Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains. Biden is using his third and final ...