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18 killed, fires still burning in huge Iran port blast

18 killed, fires still burning in huge Iran port blast

Fires were blazing Sunday a day after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port, killing at least 18 people and wounding 800 others, according to state media.
No phone calls at the ATM, Japan's Osaka tells over-65s

No phone calls at the ATM, Japan's Osaka tells over-65s

Thai PM hospitalized with high fever after Cambodia trip

Thai PM hospitalized with high fever after Cambodia trip

French high school student arrested after fatally stabbing another and wounding 3

French high school student arrested after fatally stabbing another and wounding 3

A high school student stabbed four other students at his school in western France on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said. The motive for the stabbing was unclear.
April 25, 2025 | 01:41 am PT
Japan compiles emergency economic package to ease tariff pain

Japan compiles emergency economic package to ease tariff pain

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday said the government has compiled an emergency economic package to alleviate any impact on industries and households from the United States' new import tariffs.
April 25, 2025 | 01:40 am PT
South Korea prosecutors indict former president Moon Jae-in for corruption

South Korea prosecutors indict former president Moon Jae-in for corruption

Adding to South Korea's political drama, the country's prosecutors said on Thursday they have indicted former president Moon Jae-in for corruption, just weeks after Yoon Suk Yeol was stripped of his presidency for his failed martial law bid.
April 24, 2025 | 01:21 am PT
Trump's cabinet ready to reassert power as Musk steps back

Trump's cabinet ready to reassert power as Musk steps back

Members of President Donald Trump's cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
April 24, 2025 | 01:20 am PT
World leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday

World leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday

Numerous world leaders have announced they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, which is expected to draw a huge crowd in the square in front of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
April 23, 2025 | 07:33 am PT
Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station

Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station

China on Wednesday announced that a veteran astronaut will this week lead two crew members on their first flight to the country's Tiangong space station.
April 23, 2025 | 07:27 am PT
Thai PM says US tariff negotiations postponed to review 'issues'

Thai PM says US tariff negotiations postponed to review 'issues'

Thailand's negotiations with Washington on steep trade tariffs were postponed because the United States has asked Bangkok to review important issues, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday.
April 21, 2025 | 11:23 pm PT
South Korea finds 'Made in Korea' breaches intended to avoid US tariffs

South Korea finds 'Made in Korea' breaches intended to avoid US tariffs

South Korea has found rising attempts to disguise foreign products as Korean exports, mostly from China, to avoid U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, its customs agency said on Monday.
April 21, 2025 | 03:28 pm PT
Pope Francis died of stroke and heart failure, Vatican says

Pope Francis died of stroke and heart failure, Vatican says

Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on Monday of the 88-year-old reformer, who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during his 12 years leading the Catholic Church.
April 21, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
Indians battle respiratory issues, skin rashes in world's most polluted town

Indians battle respiratory issues, skin rashes in world's most polluted town

Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was battling breathing problems for several days before she was hospitalised in March and given oxygen support.
April 20, 2025 | 07:55 pm PT
Japan rice prices soar as core inflation accelerates

Japan rice prices soar as core inflation accelerates

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday (Apr 18), as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy.
April 19, 2025 | 11:46 pm PT
At least 11 killed in India building collapse

At least 11 killed in India building collapse

At least 11 people, including three children, were killed in New Delhi on April 19 after a residential building collapsed on the outskirts of the Indian capital, local reports and authorities said.
April 19, 2025 | 04:07 pm PT
Google to appeal against part of US court's decision in monopoly case

Google to appeal against part of US court's decision in monopoly case

Alphabet's Google plans to appeal against the "adverse" portion of the court decision in the U.S. Department of Justice’s monopoly case against the technology giant.
April 18, 2025 | 11:01 pm PT
Deadliest US strike in Yemen kills 74 at oil terminal, Houthis say

Deadliest US strike in Yemen kills 74 at oil terminal, Houthis say

U.S. strikes on Yemen's Ras Isa fuel terminal on the Red Sea coast have killed at least 74 people in the deadliest attack since the U.S. started its bombing campaign against the Houthis last year, according to the Houthi-run health ministry.
April 18, 2025 | 10:59 pm PT
Two dead as police officer's son opens fire at US university

Two dead as police officer's son opens fire at US university

A mass shooting allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon left two people dead at a university in Florida, the U.S.
April 18, 2025 | 04:54 am PT
Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds

Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds

U.S. President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the top university refused demands that it accept outside political supervision.
April 16, 2025 | 04:50 pm PT
TikTok tests letting users add informative 'Footnotes'

TikTok tests letting users add informative 'Footnotes'

TikTok on Wednesday said it is testing a feature that would let people add "Footnotes" providing informative context to videos that might be misleading.
April 16, 2025 | 04:47 pm PT
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