A powerful and rapidly intensifying typhoon is barreling toward Taiwan, disrupting ongoing military drills and prompting authorities to close financial markets, schools and offices. Typhoon Gaemi is expected to strengthen into a super typhoon before making landfall on Taiwan’s northeastern coast Wednesday evening. It is then forecast to continue toward…
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Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the…
Uganda’s hardline President Yoweri Museveni has warned citizens planning anti-corruption protests Tuesday that they are “playing with fire.” The…
Eight activists were participating as part of a Palestinian grassroots campaign called Defend Palestine, which calls on international volunteers…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will land in Washington on Monday to far less fanfare than he would have…
Protesters in Kenya have vowed “a total shutdown” as they seize control of Nairobi’s main international airport on Tuesday as deadly…