US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination August 2, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November's showdown…
Middle East tensions soared as Iran and its allies readied their response to the assassination of Hamas's political leader, blamed on Israel, spurring fears of…
UK authorities faced growing pressure on August 4 to put an end to England's worst rioting in 13 years after disturbances linked to child murders…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on August 2 scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of…
Here are names of those freed under a major East-West prisoner exchange on August 1, according to a senior Administration official. Three US citizens and…
Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on November 13 after a jury found him guilty of federal gun charges,…
Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on August 3 over its contested election, as President Nicolas Maduro told supporters some 2,000 people…
Urgent calls for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon grew on August 4 with France warning of "a highly volatile" situation as Iran and its allies…
Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback on August 2 when they failed to take a first step toward an international moratorium on…
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on August 4 for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this would create an opportunity…
At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in clashes in Bangladesh on August 4, as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun grenades…
Floods brought by torrential rains in Pakistan caused damage that killed at least 30 people this week, authorities said on August 2, as the second-largest…
Unidentified assailants on August 2 opened fire on police officers escorting a vehicle that was carrying three judges in Pakistan’s northwest on August 2, killing…
India on August 1 offered a $300 million loan to build up Vietnam’s maritime security, as the two sides said they want to double their…
Vietnamese President To Lam was formally named the country's top leader on August 3, pledging to "speed up" a sweeping anti-graft campaign that has snared…
The Philippines and Germany have agreed to deepen military cooperation, their defense ministers said on August 4, as Manila pushes back after a series of…
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said on August 3 it had captured a regional military command after weeks of clashes, in what would be…
Malaysia’s push for more internet regulations has raised concerns about broader internet control and suppression of dissent. It was only a matter of days before…
The Philippines has carried out substantial reinforcements on a grounded World War II-era ship in the contested South China Sea, enough to make the outpost…
Singapore on August 2 hanged a convicted drug trafficker, authorities said, in the city-state's second execution this year. The 45-year-old Singaporean man was executed at…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of…
Germany joined the US-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea on August 2, becoming the 18th nation in a group that helps police the…
Mega-cities on China's eastern coast are facing another spell of scorching heat as temperatures hovered around 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on August 2 and prolonged…
A US military helicopter on August 3 morning made an emergency landing in a rice field in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, just south of…
A US military Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed all eight crew members was caused by a failure in…
