Lebanese militant to be released after 40 years in French jail
One of France's longest-held inmates, the pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, will be released and deported on Friday, after more than 40 years...
Thailand, Cambodia exchange heavy artillery fire as fighting rages for second day
By Shoon Naing and Artorn PookasookSURIN, Thailand (Reuters) -Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a deca...
Toasting the god of destruction and renewal, these Hindu pilgrims party hard. Not everyone is thrilled.
Buckets of holy water slung over their shoulders, millions of Hindu devotees have been walking for days.The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined fo...
Tropical storm adds to Philippines' weather toll with 25 dead and 278,000 evacuated this week
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines' mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at l...
Nine people killed in bus crash in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) -At least nine people, including children, were killed in central Vietnam when a bus crashed early on Friday, the government said.The accident, which to...
UK fears new summer of unrest, year after Southport riots
Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots in decades.Police...
Once a leading force, battered Tunisian party awaits elusive comeback
The party that once dominated Tunisian politics has faded away since President Kais Saied staged a dramatic power grab, with its offices shuttered and leaders behind ba...
'Lungs of the Earth': the Indonesians fighting for peatland
Indonesian environmentalist Pralensa steered his boat through a shallow canal in the marshy peatlands near his village, an environment he fears may soon disappear.His o...
US State Department approves $4.7bn surface-to-air missile package to Egypt
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of a surface-to-air missile package worth $4.67bn to the government of Egypt, the Pentagon has announced.In a st...
Death toll from starvation in Gaza rises to 115 as Israeli attacks continue
At least 62 people have been killed, including 19 who were seeking aid, in Israeli attacks across Gaza, hospital sources told Al Jazeera, and two people died from malnu...