Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final four minutes, officials say

The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday, possibly

Catholics pray for good health and peace in huge procession venerating Jesus statue

Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched yesterday in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Some said

Doping clouds tennis talk at with Sinner and Swiatek facing scrutiny

It is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is still a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season opens at the Australian Open

Thai police say Chinese actor was trafficked to Myanmar to work in a scam operation

Chinese actor who disappeared after traveling to Thailand and was found near the border of Myanmar in an area where online scam networks operate was a victim of human trafficking,

North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets

North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong Un

Malaysian and Singapore agree to launch a special economic zone in a rare move to attract investors

Malaysia and Singapore leaders signed an agreement yesterday to create a special economic zone to attract global investment and ease the cross-border flow of goods and

Jailed ex-leader Najib wins appeal to pursue bid to serve corruption sentence at home

Malaysia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest. In an

South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea

North Korea yesterday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military said,

Protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms

Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into yesterday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for

Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person at 116 has died

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu

Air crash investigators extract black box data as grieving families mourn the victims

Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day,

Changes in government, natural disasters and moments of joy

Dozens of Rohingya refugees stood huddled on the remains of a ship days after it capsized at sea, seeing the Indonesian coast guard vessel that was approaching

Authorities seek warrant to detain impeached President Yoon in martial law probe

South Korean law enforcement officials requested a court warrant yesterday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree

S. Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people

South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country’s

A plane is engulfed in flames after skidding off the runway, killing 179

A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport yesterday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently

Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported yesterday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office

Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence suffer squalid conditions in camps

Phalneivah Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighborhood in India’s restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that she and

Malaysia agrees to resume ‘no find, no fee’ hunt

Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for flight MH370,

Nissan, Honda announce plans to merge, creating world’s No. 3 automaker

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in

Thailand hosts regional talks to find solutions to Myanmar’s bloody civil war

Two days of meetings on Myanmar ‘s violent political crisis began yesterday in Bangkok, the latest in a long series of regional talks that have made

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