TEL AVIV – Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was set to meet Israeli leaders Tuesday as part of efforts to contain the war in Gaza, a day after strikes in…
Blown-out Alaska Airlines plane door part found, US authority says
WASHINGTON – A school teacher in Oregon has found part of an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 airplane door that blew out mid-flight, the US transport safety authority said Sunday, in…
Blinken due in Israel for tough Gaza talks
TEL AVIV – Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due in Israel on Monday for difficult talks on the war in Gaza as fears grow that the conflict could engulf…
Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”. Hasina’s…
Death toll hits 126 in Japan quake
SHIROMARU – Rescuers and residents sifted through rubble Saturday as their focus turned to recovering bodies and cleaning up rather than finding survivors, five days after a huge earthquake struck…
Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns territory ‘uninhabitable’
JERUSALEM – Israel bombed Gaza on Saturday as the United Nations warned the Palestinian territory has become “uninhabitable” after three months of fighting that threatens to engulf the wider region.…
Death toll hits 98 in Japan quake
SUZU – Rescuers sifted through rubble Saturday as focus turned to recovering bodies rather than finding survivors five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan, with 98 people now…
North Korea fires artillery shells near South Korean islands: Seoul
SEOUL – North Korea fired an artillery barrage near two South Korean border islands Friday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, prompting a live-fire drill from the South Korean military. Residents of…
Israeli defence chief lays out post-war Gaza plan as fighting rages
ISRAEL – Israel’s defence minister has laid out for the first time preliminary plans for the post-war administration of Gaza, saying neither Israel nor Hamas will rule the Palestinian territory…
Stabbed South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung ‘recovering well’: doctor
SEOUL – South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck, is recovering well but still needs close monitoring to avoid complications, a Seoul National University…