Pakistani police besiege Imran Khan's home as deadline for him to hand over suspects is to expire
Pakistani police are keeping up their siege around the home of Imran Khan as a 24-hour deadline given to the former premier to hand over suspects sheltered inside is about to expire
2023-05-18 14:19
UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'
A U.K.-based rights group is launching an interactive map documenting human rights abuses and violence against civilians since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan nearly two years ago
2023-05-18 13:56
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher on hopes for US debt deal
Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher on hopes U.S. political leaders can reach agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt
2023-05-18 13:48
Visiting Ukraine, China's envoy urged all sides to create space for peace talks
BEIJING Beijing's special envoy noted there was no panacea to the war in Ukraine during a visit to
2023-05-18 13:46
Explainer-The latest on tax credit rules in Biden's climate and drugs bill
By Jarrett Renshaw and Philip Blenkinsop U.S. President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), cheered by some Democrats
2023-05-18 13:29
US banks rethink social media as a threat, not a marketing tool
By Nupur Anand NEW YORK Bankers are beefing up risk management, monitoring and emergency procedures around the use
2023-05-18 13:29
Surf's up! Florida's St. George Island beach named nation's best in annual ranking
A 9-mile stretch of Florida sugar-white sand in an unspoiled natural setting alongside the Gulf of Mexico is the nation’s best beach for 2023
2023-05-18 13:26
'Clock has hit midnight': China loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse
A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China
2023-05-18 13:23
8-year-old girl dies in US Customs and Border Protection custody
An 8-year-old girl died while in US Customs and Border Protection custody in Harlingen, Texas, the agency said Wednesday.
2023-05-18 13:22
Death row inmate challenges new Tennessee post-conviction law
A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings
2023-05-18 13:19
Israel deploys heavy police presence ahead of contentious Jerusalem march
Israel is deploying over 2,000 police for a parade by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City
2023-05-18 13:19
Wisconsin tribe to ask court to shut down oil pipeline
Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to present their arguments that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land
2023-05-18 12:58