More than 200 arrested in latest Saudi anti-corruption purge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of 207 employees across about a dozen government ministries in the latest sweep by an anti-corruption body empowered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Despite calm, Israeli town copes with scars of rocket fire
SDEROT, Israel (AP) — Just three months after the latest war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, the border town of Sderot appears to be on the road to recovery.
N Korea vows stronger attack capabilities over allied drills
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ripped South Korea for proceeding with military exercises with the United States that she said are an invasion rehearsal and warned Tuesday that the North
Thai government backs down on criticized media restrictions
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's government backed down Tuesday from widely-criticized regulations to broaden its ability to restrict media reports and social media posts about the coronavirus pandemic.
Moderna to build mRNA production plant in Canada within two years
OTTAWA — Massachusetts-based drug maker Moderna will build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Canada within the next two years, CEO Stéphane Bancel said Tuesday. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government that ...
Longtime AP journalist Ahn Mu-hun dies at age 97
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ahn Mu-hun, a longtime Associated Press journalist who covered South Korea’s stunning economic rise from the devastation of the 1950-53 Korean War and its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s, has died at
Iranian stands trial in Sweden for 1980s war crimes, murder
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial of an Iranian citizen accused of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s started Tuesday in Stockholm.
German teacher goes on trial in suspected cannibalism case
BERLIN (AP) — A German man who is suspected of having killed another man for sexual gratification and eaten pieces of the victim's body went on trial Tuesday in Berlin.
Elections to test Zambia’s standing as a stable democracy
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia's standing as one of Africa's most stable democracies is being tested this week in the vote in which President Edgar Lungu is seeking re-election.
No person had ‘fairer hearing,’ government lawyer tells Meng Wanzhou extradition case
VANCOUVER — There has been no misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would justify a stay of proceedings, a lawyer for Canada's attorney general told the British Columbia Supreme Court. Robert Frater told the court Tu...