Taiwan says it spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon as the island’s election nears
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon in the Taiwan Strait along with a large-scale movement of...
Hong Kong’s new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in...
HONG KONG (AP) — One of the Hong Kong's longest-serving pro-democracy council members is organizing a farewell party with her residents in late December....
Journalists’ rights group counts 94 media workers killed this year, most of them in...
BRUSSELS (AP) — A leading organization representing journalists worldwide expressed deep concern Friday at the number of media professionals killed around the globe doing...
Armenia and Azerbaijan announce deal to exchange POWs and work toward peace treaty
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed Thursday to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing a peace treaty in what the...
Spain complained that agents linked to US embassy had allegedly bribed Spanish agents for...
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Thursday that the Spanish government recently filed a complaint to the United States after discovering...
Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times...
Myanmar’ army is facing battlefield challenges and grants amnesty to troops jailed for being...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been jailed for desertion and absence without leave, seeking to...
Sierra Leone ex-president is called in for questioning over attacks officials say was a...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A former president of Sierra Leone has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks that officials...
Denmark’s parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new law was passed in Denmark's parliament on Thursday that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in...
United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The United Nations' top peacekeeping official defended the organization's missions worldwide amid growing concerns that they've gone into retreat as...