Evacuations ordered as remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu slammed...
Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban delegation visited western Afghanistan’s Herat province on Monday in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at...
Nobel economics prize goes to professor for research on the workplace gender gap
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of...
Stock market today: Oil prices and defense stocks climb after Israel declares war on...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are climbing, and stocks are slipping Monday as violence in the Middle East injects more unease into financial...
Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and...
GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in India's Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open...
US Senate Majority Leader Schumer says grateful for stronger China statement on Hamas attack
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer said Monday he was grateful for a strengthened statement from China condemning the killing and kidnapping...
Stock market today: Markets steady in Asia after Israel declares war following Hamas attack...
BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government declared war following deadly attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip.U.S....
Morocco welcomes the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank a month after...
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Less than a two-hour drive from where families sleep in tents and earthquake rubble remain in piles, the world's most...
Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its...
What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel’s intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s eyes are never very far away. Surveillance drones buzz constantly from the skies. The...
