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AHMEDABAD, India — Grieving families waited Saturday for news after one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, with the toll rising to 279 people killed in the Indian passenger jet crash. The Air India Boeing 787-8…
AHMEDABAD, India — In an echoing hall in India’s Ahmedabad, mourning families gave DNA samples on Friday to identify relatives missing after a London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area. At least 265 people on board and on…
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A man and woman were publicly flogged 100 times each in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday after they were found guilty of sex outside marriage by a court operating under strict Islamic…
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was “here to stay” in the Indo-Pacific region.…
A Nigerian court jailed 15 foreign nationals Friday — including 11 Filipinos — for “cyber-terrorism and internet fraud,” the national anti-graft agency said, one of the largest such cases in the country. Eleven Filipinos, two Chinese, one…
Alex Eala on Tuesday achieved a first Grand Slam match win for a Filipino woman, saying she hoped her doubles success at the French Open was part of “a new era for sport” in her country. She teamed…
SEOUL — North Korea has detained three people over an accident that occurred during the launch of a new warship this past week, state media reported early Sunday. Pyongyang has said that “a serious accident occurred” at…
TOKYO, Japan — The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 28.5 percent in April year-on-year to a record 3.91 million, official figures showed Wednesday. “Spring cherry blossom season boosted demand for visits to Japan in many…
VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of Catholics and politicians including US Vice President JD Vance will gather at the Vatican on Sunday for the inauguration mass of Leo XIV, the first US pope. Ten days after…
VATICAN CITY — Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations for bishops. But…
NEW YORK, United States — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday an accelerated time frame for giving away his fortune. At the same time, he touted artificial intelligence as a game-changer to boost public health and save…
World leaders welcomed the election on Thursday of Robert Francis Prevost, who as Pope Leo XIV, becomes the first leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics from the United States. Here are key reactions: American pride “Congratulations…
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