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Sri Lankan police arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, officials said, in what authorities describe as the most high-profile clergy case in the...
Japan has confirmed its first fatal bear attack of 2026 amid renewed reports of large numbers of sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation. The environment ministry said a 55-year-old woman was found dead...
Updated May 8, 2026 — An early-morning eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island killed three hikers and left others missing after they entered an area closed to the public, North Halmahera police said.
New Delhi — An Indian man dug up his sister's body and carried her remains into a bank after being refused access to her account because he did not have a death certificate, the lender said.
A strong earthquake off Japan’s northern coast on Monday prompted tsunami warnings and emergency measures across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temblor was preliminarily measured at magnitude 7.5...
Updated April 2, 2026 — AP An undersea magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea on Thursday, toppling buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sending residents into the streets, killing at least one person and...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has largely remained quiet as the United States and Israel confront Iran, a restraint made more conspicuous after the White House delayed an expected trip by President Donald Trump. Analysts...
Thousands of miles from the fighting, the war in the Middle East has set off an energy crisis across Asia, where most countries rely on the Persian Gulf for fuel supplies.
The Taliban say a Pakistani military airstrike struck the Omid (Hope) drug rehabilitation center in Kabul late Monday, killing more than 400 people and wounding about 250. Taliban officials said the strike hit the...
Pakistan launched air and ground strikes against multiple Afghan cities, including Kabul, on Friday, and its defense minister said the two countries were now in an "open war" after months of escalating cross-border...
Updated Feb. 3, 2026 — A 13-year-old boy from Perth is being credited with saving his mother and two younger siblings after the family was swept out to sea off Western Australia.
The Appelbee family—mother Joanne Appelbee and her three children, including 13-year-old Austin—were vacationing in Western Australia when a sudden change in weather dragged them nearly nine miles offshore while they...
