A German military officer used an unsecured line for a conference call....
BERLIN (AP) — A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defense minister...
View ArticleChina sets an economic growth target of around 5% but acknowledges it will...
BEIJING (AP) — China aims to achieve 5% economic growth this year, Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday, acknowledging that it will be a challenging goal in difficult times. In his address to the annual...
View ArticlePhilippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea and four Filipino crew members were injured Tuesday in high-seas confrontations as...
View ArticleMH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A decade ago on March 8, a Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what...
View ArticleGaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days...
CAIRO (AP) — Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week...
View ArticleA timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ever-increasing clampdown on dissent, authorities in recent years have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human...
View ArticleHostage crisis poses dilemma for Israel and offers a path to victory for Hamas
Over the last five months, Israel has killed thousands of Hamas fighters, destroyed dozens of their tunnels and wreaked unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip. But it still faces a dilemma that...
View ArticleThe UN atomic watchdog’s director arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear...
MOSCOW (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting. The...
View ArticleThe Latest | As conditions worsen for Palestinians in Gaza, international...
Nearly five months of fighting has left much of Gaza in ruins and created a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, with many, especially in the devastated northern region, scrambling for food to survive...
View ArticleSouth Korea's president vows not to tolerate walkouts by junior doctors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president vowed Wednesday not to tolerate the prolonged walkouts by thousands of junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens...
View ArticleUS destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said Wednesday, as the Indian navy released...
View ArticleHow Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin in February 2015, more than 50,000 Muscovites expressed their shock and outrage...
View ArticleChina says economy got a strong start in 2024, sets sights on latest...
BEIJING (AP) — China has plenty of room to maneuver to attain its annual target for robust economic growth of about 5% after a strong start for the year, top economic officials said Wednesday, though...
View ArticleChina coast guard flexes its might against the Philippines in disputed waters...
ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — It was a heart-pounding moment far out in the disputed South China Sea: One of at least five Chinese coast guard ships aggressively approached and sideswiped a Philippine...
View ArticleHong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
HONG KONG (AP) — Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a...
View ArticleAnger over corruption and Portugal's economy could help a radical right party...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Home furnishings giant Ikea recently placed billboards in Portugal advertising a self-assembly bookcase, with a wink at the country's political upheaval. “A good place to stash...
View ArticleFrozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in...
View ArticleTurkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 have been killed...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly harassed her in breach of a restraining order. The day before,...
View ArticleUS diplomat criticizes China for using coercion and intimidation as it...
BANGKOK (AP) — The top American diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific criticized China on Thursday for using intimidation tactics against other countries in the region to press its sweeping maritime...
View ArticleModi visits Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first official visit to Kashmir's main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of semi-autonomy and took direct...
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