AirAsia flight to China turns back due to engine fire, lands safely
KUALA LUMPUR – An AirAsia flight bound for China returned to Kuala Lumpur due to an engine fire shortly after takeoff and landed safely with no injuries reported, Malaysian authorities said on Thursday. Flight AK128 on an Airbus A320, was…
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, pilot killed as firefighting helicopter crashes
UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea -The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea’s southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country battles some of…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis
KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh – Majuna Khatun sat cradling her six-month-old baby at a rehabilitation centre for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, worried her child would be without critical healthcare due to funding cuts from the United States and some European…
US federal immigration agents detain doctoral student at University of Alabama
WASHINGTON – U.S. federal immigration agents detained a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, the university said in a statement to media on Wednesday. The university did not identify the student but records on the website of the U.S….
Appeals court won’t pause ruling that forced US to reinstate federal workers
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday refused to pause a judge’s ruling requiring the administration of President Donald Trump to reinstate more than 17,000 workers at six agencies who lost their jobs as part of Trump’s purge of the federal…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he wants America to be strong, vows to counter Russian narratives
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he wanted the United States and Kyiv’s other Western allies to remain strong in countering Russia’s demands and narrative in its three-year war on his country. But Zelenskiy said that pro-Kremlin comments…
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un touts AI suicide drones, early-warning aircraft
SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday. Kim…
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 28
ANDONG, South Korea -Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated. More than…
New Russian envoy to US to present credentials on Thursday, State Department says
WASHINGTON -Russia’s new ambassador to the United States will informally present his credentials to the Trump administration on Thursday, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. Alexander Darchiev, who was recently named as Russian ambassador to the U.S., will present…
US judge in Trump deportation case assigned lawsuit over Signal scandal
The U.S. judge whom President Donald Trump has argued should be impeached for blocking him from using wartime powers to deport Venezuelan migrants is set to hear a new lawsuit over administration officials’ use of the messaging app Signal to…
Trump’s SEC pick pledges ‘rational’ crypto regulations
Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pledged on Wednesday that regulations under his leadership would benefit the crypto sector and prevent politics from “stifling” capital formation, according to prepared testimony made public…
Senior US Republican wants probe into Signal chat on Houthi attack
WASHINGTON – A powerful U.S. Senate Republican called on Wednesday for an independent probe of Trump administration officials’ discussion of sensitive attack plans on the Signal messaging app, after critics argued that U.S. troops could have died if the information…
Judge spurns Trump administration request to recuse from law firm case
WASHINGTON -A U.S. judge declined on Wednesday to step aside from a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s order targeting law firm Perkins Coie after his administration accused her of bias in this and other cases involving the Republican president. U.S. District…
Trump SEC pick discloses family fortune of more than $328 million
Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has disclosed personal assets held jointly with his wife valued at more than $328 million, according to a Reuters analysis of ethics documents released on Tuesday….
US Senate confirms Trump’s picks to lead FDA, NIH
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominees Martin Makary and Jay Bhattacharya as heads of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, respectively. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 56-44 to confirm Martin Makary as…
Exclusive-US Democrats move to force House vote on Signal chat leak
WASHINGTON -Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives sought on Wednesday to force the Trump administration to hand over records related to the disclosure of highly sensitive attack plans that were shared over a commercial messaging app, according to…
DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
WILMINGTON, Delaware -The best-known member of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters….
US Justice Department backs Trump bid to move hush money case to federal court
NEW YORK -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday backed Donald Trump’s bid to move his already-decided hush money criminal case to federal court, the second time in less than a week the department has moved to help the U.S. president…
Why target these law firms? For Trump, it’s personal
WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting elite U.S. law firms have shared a common theme: his perceived grievance that an attorney linked to the firm has personally done him wrong. The Republican president’s latest order took aim at Jenner…
Pentagon’s Hegseth texted start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots of a chat released by The Atlantic on…