BEIJING (AP) — China has purged the country's highest-ranking army general and another top military official from the ruling Communist Party over alleged corruption and disloyalty uncovered during a months-long investigation, state media said Monday. The expulsions of Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch officials are preparing for the United States to impose a tough new round of sanctions on the International Criminal Court as it seeks to dismantle the global tribunal over what the Trump administration sees as ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, a day after Kyiv's forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, officials said. The relentless daily attacks underscore the lack of significant progress in ...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he had asked his government to prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure, including sensitive defense industry sites, against drone attacks and cyberattacks amid what he described as an intensifying Russian hybrid threat. "In ...
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to NATO renewed his country's criticism of the Czech Republic on Friday, saying it had failed to spend enough on defense. "It is disappointing to see that it has not made more progress towards meeting the Hague Defense ...
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At least four people were killed after heavy rains, floods and landslides inundated more than 16,000 homes in northern and central Vietnam, authorities said Friday. Large areas remain flooded, although rain that has fallen in the ...
By TOQA EZZIDIN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — It's been a week since Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels stormed down the Red Sea coast, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia's oil exports. The Houthis' biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen's ...
By NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier Friday, a former Italian warship that the government says will strengthen the archipelago nation's maritime security and disaster response capabilities. The ...
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 48 people have died and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol, officials said on Thursday. Banji Ajaka, Ondo ...