Nearly 40 construction workers were still missing Wednesday in the rubble of a building that collapsed in George on Monday as rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day in the wreckage of the unfinished five-story apartment complex.Seven workers have been confirmed dead, while authorities in the…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday rejected China's argument that Australia was responsible for a dangerous weekend encounter between their military aircraft in international airspace over the Yellow Sea. Both China and Australia lodged official protests and blamed each other for a Chinese warplane's extraordinary use of flares against…
Julia Paredes believed moving to the U.S. might be now or never. Mexico was days from requiring visas for Peruvian visitors. If she didn't act quickly, she would have to make a far more perilous, surreptitious journey over land to settle with her sister in Dallas. Mexico began requiring visas…
U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes Wednesday and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing. Philippine President Ferdinand…
Russian authorities have revealed that an American soldier being held on a theft charge in which he allegedly caused "significant damage" will remain in pretrial detention until July 2. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in 2008, and most recently, was assigned to the…
Both sections of the temporary floating pier intended to be placed off the coast of Gaza for the delivery of humanitarian aid have now been completed, though weather and sea conditions are preventing delivery of the parts to the embattled region, Pentagon officials tell reporters. Sabrina Singh said during a…
Two of the three men charged in the shooting death of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Singh Nijjar in June made a brief first court appearance on Tuesday morning. The killing of the prominent activist became the center of a diplomatic spat after Canada said in September that there were "credible…
Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday. One man called his wife from underneath the rubble of the five-story…
Pentagon officials said on Tuesday that a U.S. Army soldier detained in Russia last Thursday is currently housed in a pretrial detention facility and will remain there until his next hearing, though the date of that hearing is not immediately known. Sabrina Singh told reporters during a press briefing that…
The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. And it's already been quite a journey. After being lit on April 16 in Greece, the torch was carried around Greece before leaving Athens aboard a three-mast ship named Belem, headed for Marseille.…
The governor of the Liguria region surrounding the port city of Genoa was placed under house arrest Tuesday as part of an investigation by prosecutors alleging he granted political favors in exchange for money. Giovanni Toti, president of the Liguria region, was "serene and convinced he’ll be able to explain…
China said on Tuesday its military took necessary measures to warn and alert an Australian aircraft after Australia accused a Chinese fighter jet of endangering one of its military helicopters over the Yellow Sea. The incident could create a new disagreement between the nations trying to rebuild ties following a…
In the jungles of southeastern Burma's Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country's ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border. What transpires in the next few weeks in the…
Rumbling out from its forest hideout, the large German-supplied howitzer has only a few minutes to fire before slipping back under cover to evade Russian surveillance in the skies above. Across the hills and valleys of the east, Ukrainian artillery units play a cat-and-mouse game with Russian drones hunting high-value…
Ukrainian authorities have arrested two colonels from the Ukrainian forces who are alleged to have plotted to kidnap Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "The attempt was planned under the supervision of employees of the 5th department of the FSB as a gift to Vladimir Putin for the inauguration," Ukrainian Secret Service…
The mother of an American soldier detained in Russia, accused of stealing from his girlfriend, believes he was "set up." Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was detained on May 2 in the Russian Pacific region, as announced by U.S. officials on Monday. Black's mother told ABC's "Good Morning America"…
A mayor in Porto Alegre asked residents to ration water Tuesday in the state capital where some 80% of the population is without running water, a week after massive flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing. Efforts were continuing to rescue people stranded…
Russia on Monday defended its veto of a U.N. resolution urging all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space, challenging the U.S., Japan and their Western allies to support Moscow’s rival resolution calling for a ban on all weapons in space "for all time." Russia’s U.N. ambassador,…
The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants, the U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday. The repatriation was the largest Washington has carried out from the camps to date, according…
and its allies must encourage mining projects in countries where Western corporations are hesitant to do business to guarantee a reliable and sustainable global supply of the critical minerals needed to combat climate change, a senior White House official said on Monday. In a stark warning, White House senior adviser…
