Hong Kong stocks rise in early trade Hong Kong stocks started the day higher Monday, following mixed trading in the other key Asia-Pacific markets. As of 10 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET Sunday), the Hang Seng Index added 0.49%. Meanwhile,…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rebuffed overtures by South Korea’s new liberal government, saying Monday that North Korea has no interests in talks with South Korea no matter what proposal…
Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say. About 20 of the dead were worshippers taking part in a night vigil at a church in…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Sunday opened a regular air link between Moscow and Pyogyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the two countries. The first flight operated by Russian carrier Nordwind took off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport carrying…
President Donald Trump expressed disappointment Sunday that nobody has thanked him for sending money meant to go toward food aid for Gaza, as Palestinians continue to die every day — either by starvation or by Israeli gunfire at U.S.-backed aid…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Associated Press — A regional passenger train derailed in southern Germany, killing at least three people and seriously injuring others on Sunday, authorities said. Federal and local police said the cause of the crash near Riedlingen,…
Israeli forces took over a boat that was attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, and towed it toward the Ashdod Port. The boat, Handala, had been carrying pro-Palestinian activists and small amounts of…
An American former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said in an interview that aired Friday that during his time working in Gaza, he saw Israeli soldiers and US contractors use “indiscriminate” force against civilians at aid sites, in…
Supporters of the recall movement are seen gathering in Taipei, Taiwan. Jan Camenzind Broomby for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jan Camenzind Broomby for NPR Taipei, TAIWAN — Opposition lawmakers in Taiwan have survived a bid to recall them from…
Soutik Biswas BBC News, London JUBAIR BIN IQBAL/AFP/Getty Images The plane crashed into a two-storey primary school building in a sprawling campus “It was like 30 or 40 thunderbolts falling from the sky,” said Ahnaf Bin Hasan, an 18-year-old student…