53+ 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…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (513+ words) JAKARTA – A ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia's Java Sea on Sunday, leaving about 130 passengers and crew missing, rescuers said. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around…...

11+ hour, 47+ 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…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago   (383+ words) Aijaz Hussain And Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that rising geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and climate crises are increasingly affecting people worldwide and called for strengthened cooperation and support across the Global…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (291+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former CIA official found with $40 million of gold bars in his home has reached a tentative plea agreement after being charged with theft for fraudulently inflating his salary, according to court records. A federal judge on Friday…...

6+ hour, 48+ min ago   (322+ 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…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (443+ words) NEW YORK – Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (265+ words) BUKAVU – A fire on Thursday in Bukavu, eastern Congo, killed at least 24 students, the rebel administration that controls the city said. The spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Lawrence Kanyuka, said 19 girls and five boys were killed, adding that 29 people were…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (132+ words) BEIJING – A cargo ship docked for repairs in a Chinese port caught fire, killing 25 people, Chinese state media reported Thursday. A total of 42 people had been on the vessel, and 12 of them were safely evacuated, Xinhua reported. Five were injured…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (366+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research…...