JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to ...

PARIS (AP) — The robbery was over in minutes, the fallout long: Nearly a decade after robbers stormed Kim Kardashian’s luxury ...

Iran and the U.S. have see-sawed between enmity and grudging diplomacy in the years since, with relations peaking when Tehran ...

Myanmar is China’s top source of raw rare earth elements. As conflict threatens that supply chain, Beijing is moving more ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and the United States will meet again this weekend for talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pre ...

Myanmar’s military leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing attends the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2025. (Thailand Foreign Affairs Ministry photo via AP). After Myanmar was struck by a ...

BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of the military regime of civil war-ravaged Myanmar, has given no indication whether he will extend the ceasefire he declared in ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called out Myanmar’s military junta on Monday for years of unlawful attacks on the healthcare system that have left 2 million people in need of assistance following a 7.7 ...

The United Nations and many countries now use the name Myanmar, but some, like the United States, still use Burma. Iran used to be called Persia, which is linked to its ancient empire and culture.

“What should we do about Iran?” That’s one of the most frequent questions these days. I’m hearing it from all sides, as Iran continues its drive to build nuclear weapons, at the same time ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar desperately need humanitarian assistance a month after a deadly earthquake, aid agencies have warned. The UN and other humanitarian organisations say ...

(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military junta’s years of unlawful attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers have severely hindered the emergency response to the devastating earthquake on ...