1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (310+ words) SEOUL – North Korea said Monday it conducted a joint live-fire drill involving missiles, artillery and drones that it claimed demonstrated “huge destructive power.” The official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday's drill was meant to get familiar with the procedure…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (378+ words) VIENNA – The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is not expected to attend the annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations in Vienna for the first time in years because he is banned from international travel, an…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (334+ words) KYIV – A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials — including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden -- passed through, Ukraine’s state rail operator said. According to Ukrzaliznytsia,…...

10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (340+ words) MOGADISHU – Somalia's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of Yemenis…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (719+ words) DOONBEG – Some people in Ireland can’t wait for U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend visit, with its tight security and political tensions, to be over. But one corner of the country has a lot of time for the president, whose…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (635+ words) KYIV – Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the…...

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (513+ words) JAKARTA – A ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia's Java Sea on Sunday, leaving about 130 passengers and crew missing, rescuers said. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago   (545+ words) CAIRO – Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war. The…...

23+ hour, 14+ min ago   (949+ words) PARAKOU – The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago   (630+ words) Samy Magdy, Sally Abou Aljoud And Cara Anna CAIRO – An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran…...