18+ hour, 38+ min ago   (549+ words) BANJARMASIN, Indonesia— The search is continuing for at least 129 people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia's Java Sea on Sunday. At least 108 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search…...

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (362+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (449+ words) NEW DELHI— Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that rising geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and climate crises are increasingly affecting people worldwide and called for strengthened cooperation and support across the Global South. Addressing the BRICS summit…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago   (1065+ words) WASHINGTON— Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war. No country on Earth buys as much from the United States as its northern neighbor. For American farmers, Canada is second only to Mexico as an export market. A…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (562+ words) VIENNA — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (699+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine. At the end of August, Russia launched a week of nighttime and…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (506+ words) NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (530+ words) Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the country has hit a low point, driven by a growing political divide and concerns that schools are not preparing children for college and future jobs. At the same time, dissatisfaction has…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (735+ words) HONG KONG — Hong Kong ’s first postcolonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who struggled to cope with an Asian financial crisis and growing protests for democracy in the early years under Chinese rule, died Tuesday at age 89. His office said in a…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (925+ words) LONDON — The United Kingdom on Tuesday banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians, in a significant toughening of Britain's stance toward a longtime ally. France…...