Brent crude oil tops $100 a barrel as Iran attacks on shipping worsen supply...
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, topped $100 a barrel early Thursday, just days after...
China is expected to push for an ethnic unity law that critics say will...
BEIJING (AP) — China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would...
Ecuador readies a major offensive on criminal groups with US logistical support
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will launch a major offensive against criminal organizations in three western provinces this weekend with logistical support from the...
South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday, as...
Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers there by the end of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month,...
Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
LONDON (AP) — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of...
South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crime
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence...
Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on...
UK will publish files about the appointment of Epstein friend Mandelson to ambassador post
LONDON (AP) — The British government said it would publish files related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. on...
Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use
TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes...
