In this file photo take on Aug 18, 2020, investigators unload materials believed to be cocaine from Coralynne, an Australian trawler, in Sydney. Australia has launched a transnational drug trafficking investigation after police seized about 365 kg of cocaine in Western Australia's Great Southern region. (PHOTO / AP) SYDNEY – Australia has launched a transnational […]
Patients are evacuated outside a hospital after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Jayapura, Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JAKARTA – Four people were killed and three others were injured after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake destroyed several office buildings, houses, a hospital and other buildings in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on […]
Rescue workers and volunteers pull out a survivor from the rubble in Diyarbakir, Türkiye on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade, seismologists said, with a more than 100 km rupture between the […]
Smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) GAZA – The Israeli military said it struck Gaza overnight on Thursday, hours after it intercepted a rocket launched from Gaza and following appeals from the United States for all sides to calm escalating violence in Israel and the occupied West […]
Protesters march with flags and banners at a rally in front of St. Mary's Cathedral during the funeral of late Australian Catholic Cardinal George Pell in Sydney on Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SYDNEY — Protesters gathered and mourners began to arrive in Sydney on Thursday ahead of the funeral service of Australian Cardinal […]
In this file photo taken on Feb 28, 2022, an arriving Qantas Airbus A330 aircraft taxis at Auckland international airport, New Zealand. (DAVID ROWLAND / AFP) SYDNEY – A Qantas flight from New Zealand landed at Sydney airport on Wednesday, according to tracking service Flightradar24, after it had earlier issued a distress signal, authorities said. […]
This July 21, 2019, photo taken from the Xiangshan Mountain shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. (ZHU XIANG / XINHUA) Lai Ching-te is expected to become the new head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Jan 15. He seems to meet the expectations of the “green camp” in Taiwan. After […]
The election of the speaker of the US House of Representatives has attracted global attention after rounds of voting failed to deliver. Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy finally finished off the race by barely meeting the threshold after 15 rounds of voting spread across five days, marking the longest election of the same kind in 164 […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the Jerusalem Post 10th annual conference in Jerusalem on Oct 12, 2021. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Turkish Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar presented his credentials to Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, marking the latest step in rebuilding relations between the two countries after years of acrimony.In a […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the Jerusalem Post 10th annual conference in Jerusalem on Oct 12, 2021. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Turkish Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar presented his credentials to Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, marking the latest step in rebuilding relations between the two countries after years of acrimony.In a […]
This handout picture taken and released on Jan 10, 2023 by BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows a damaged house after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku. (HANDOUT / BNPB / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesia was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake […]
An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israeli security cabinet announced on Friday a series of punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority. The move comes in […]
SYDNEY – Viking Cruises will compensate hundreds of passengers on its Orion cruise ship after cruisers were forced to stay on board and miss multiple stops because officials blocked port access due to marine growth on the ship's hull. The 930-guest capacity Viking Orion docked in Sydney on Wednesday, the final stop on what is […]
A person in protective face mask walks along the harbor waterfront across from the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Oct 6, 2021. (LOREN ELLIOTT / REUTERS) SYDNEY – Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year's Eve after two years of COVID disruptions, with more than a million revelers expected to […]
Police officers and rescue workers gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan December 23, 2022. (WASEEM KHAN / REUTERS) ISLAMABAD – The District Magistrate of Pakistan's capital Islamabad said on Friday that all public gatherings and meetings will be banned for two weeks in the city following a suicide attack […]
Jordanian security forces deploy their armoured vehicles in the southern city of Maan, some 220 kms south of the capital Amman, on Dec 16, 2022 hours after a senior police officer was shot dead in riots during a strike against rising fuel prices in the area. (KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP) AMMAN — Jordan's Public Security […]
Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her release from police custody, in Tehran, Oct 27, 2022. (MIDDLE EAST IMAGES / AP) TEHRAN – Iran said on Tuesday that 40 foreign nationals had been arrested for involvement in the recent unrest in the country over the death of an Iranian woman after her […]
People lay flowers to pay tribute to the victims of a Sunday's blast that took place on Istiklal Avenue, a popular spot for shoppers and tourists, in Istanbul, Türkiye, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/DILARA SENKAYA ANKARA — Türkiye plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party […]
Security and ambulances are at the scene after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue on Nov 13, 2022. (FRANCISCO SECO / AP) ISTANBUL – Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called a […]
Zoo employees inspect a lion enclosure, after escaped lions were contained, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, November 2, 2022 in this still image taken from video. (NINE NETWORK / VIA REUTERS TV / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) SYDNEY – Five lions managed a short escape from their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo early on Wednesday, […]
A handout picture released by the Iraqi parliament on Oct 13, 2022, shows then-presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attending a parliamentary session on Oct 13, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT / AFP) BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected Abdul Latif Rashid as the new president of Iraq, marking a crucial step toward forming a new government […]
Fighters from Gaza-based armed Palestinian factions taking part in a military exercise, simulate the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, at a site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec 29, 2021. (SAID KHATIB / AFP) ALGIERS – A total of 14 Palestinian factions on Thursday signed in Algeria's capital Algiers a reconciliation deal […]
A handout picture released by the Iraqi parliament on Oct 13, 2022, shows then-presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attending a parliamentary session during which a new president is due to be elected, in the capital Baghdad on Oct 13, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT / AFP) BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected Abdul Latif Rashid as […]
The Epsilon rocket No 6 takes off from the launch pad at the Uchinoura Space Center (USC) in Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture on Oct 12, 2022. (STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – The Japanese space agency's Epsilon rocket failed after it was launched on Wednesday, Kyodo News and other domestic media reported. Japan Aerospace […]
Indonesian football supporters named Ultras pray during a candlelight vigil to show their condolences to victims of a stampede, in Jakarta on Oct 2, 2022. (ADEK BERRY / AFP) MALANG, Indonesia – Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds […]
People clean their flooded homes in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Noru in San Mateo, Rizal province on Sept 26, 2022. (JAM STA ROSA / AFP) MANILA – Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds over the weekend, leaving eight people dead and three others missing, a government […]
A resident wades through chest-deep floodwater on Sept 26, 2022 after typhoon Noru swept across San Miguel town, Bulacan province, the Philippines. (AARON FAVILA / AP) BULACAN, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr conducted an aerial survey of damage on Monday brought by typhoon Noru, which left heavy flooding across several northern provinces as […]
A resident secures the roof of his house at the seaside slum district of Tondo while typhoon Noru approaches Manila, Philippines on Sept 25, 2022. (AARON FAVILA / AP) BULACAN, Philippines – Philippine authorities rushed on Monday to distribute aid to thousands of evacuees after typhoon Noru made landfall in the capital and northern provinces, […]
Workers clear debris and mud at the site of a landslide caused by Typhoon Nanmadol in Mimata, Miyazaki prefecture on Sept 19, 2022. (YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP) TOKYO – Typhoon Nanmadol became an extratropical cyclone on Tuesday morning after it traveled across the Japanese archipelago to the Pacific, which left at least two people dead […]
This handout photo taken on April 2, 2014 and received from the Australian Department of Defense on June 26, 2018 shows a full-size mock-up of the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Canberra, Australia. (LAC MICHAEL GREEN / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia will decide on whether to order up to […]