2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (368+ words) BANJARMASIN – Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for dozens of people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea previous day. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing. The Virgo Transport…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (369+ words) SEOUL – North Korea said Monday it conducted a joint live-fire drill involving missiles, artillery and drones that it claimed demonstrated “huge destructive power.” Experts say that North Korea is accelerating testing activities despite U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (501+ words) KAMPALA – Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba, who was once the world's youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday amid an acrimonious succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation. The traditional monarch, who ascended the throne of Uganda’s…...

12+ hour, 13+ min ago   (334+ words) KYIV – A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials — including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden -- passed through, Ukraine’s state rail operator said. According to Ukrzaliznytsia,…...

17+ hour, 42+ min ago   (635+ words) KYIV – Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago   (89+ words) KSAT The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That's being tested in Georgia Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future Texas stakes its claim for No. 1 in AP Top 25; Oregon…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (949+ words) PARAKOU – The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (685+ words) CAIRO – Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war. The…...

21+ hour, 53+ min ago   (630+ words) Samy Magdy, Sally Abou Aljoud And Cara Anna CAIRO – An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran…...

22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (517+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...