TAIPEI, Taiwan — China began its promised military drills in the airspace and waters around Taiwan on Thursday, as the Beijing-claimed island braces for the potential fallout of U.S. House Speaker ...

Ukrainian officials say a mass grave site in a village outside the besieged southern city of Mariupol could contain as many as 9,000 bodies. The site was identified by satellite imagery captured by ...

HONG KONG — Tens of thousands of people turned out on Wednesday for Hong Kong’s signature bun festival, including a bun-scrambling competition in which participants scale a 46-foot tower and grab ...

MANILA, Philippines — Police said Wednesday more people had come forward alleging sexual abuse by celebrity pastor Apollo Quiboloy, pointing to what they called an alarming pattern of crimes by the ...

BEIJING — China's rubber-stamp parliament passed a constitutional amendment Sunday that abolishes term limits and will enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The National People's Congress' ...

ROME — A 2,000-year-old skeleton belonged to a senior Roman soldier who was likely sent on a rescue mission to the doomed towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum as Mount Vesuvius erupted, scientists have ...

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG — Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement — a move that follows sharp criticism of ...

LONDON — To the British people, he’s the longest-serving royal consort in the nation's history, serving alongside the queen for 65 years. The country — and the world — paid tribute to Prince Philip ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarized border, in an apparent ...

A new initiative is aimed at raising awareness about a dark and often forgotten chapter of U.S. history: the secret bombing of Laos during the Vietnam War. Nearly half a century later, most Americans ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s ...

It’s a small sliver of land, but it’s become a major sticking point in talks between Israel and Hamas. The so-called Philadelphi c orridor has emerged as a critical factor holding up a cease-fire deal ...