Pakistan sends helicopters and drones to end desert standoff; 58 dead
QUETTA — Pakistan’s security forces used drones and helicopters to wrest control of a southwestern town from separatist insurgents after a three-day battle, police said on...
Handbags and hashtags: Japan’s Takaichi rides youth-led craze into election
TOKYO — The handbag she carries is sold out, her pink pen has gone viral and even her favorite snacks are in hot demand:...
Storm Leo pounds Iberian Peninsula with torrential rains
RONDA — Spanish and Portuguese authorities braced on Wednesday for the impact of Storm Leo, suspending classes in some areas and warning against travel, just...
Taiwan must pass defense spending to avoid giving wrong impression, president says
TAIPEI — If Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament continues to block $40 billion in proposed extra defense spending the international community could misunderstand the island’s determination...
Libya’s Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who crushed dissent then sought political comeback, dies at 53
LIBYA’S Saif al-Islam Gaddafi went from his notorious father’s heir apparent to a decade of captivity and obscurity in a remote hill town before...
Nearly 900 Nazi-linked accounts discovered at Credit Suisse, US lawmaker says
A NEW PROBE of Swiss bank Credit Suisse discovered 890 previously undisclosed accounts with potential Nazi links, a US senator said on Tuesday, amid efforts...
Pakistan plans Benghazi consulate, lending legitimacy to Libya’s eastern authorities
KARACHI/BENGHAZI — Pakistan is in talks to open a consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, three sources with knowledge of the matter...
Paris cybercrime unit searches X office; Musk summoned
PARIS — French police raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media network X on Tuesday and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in...
Fourteen migrants dead off Greece after boat collision with coast guard
ATHENS — Fourteen migrants died in the Aegean Sea off Greece on Tuesday after their boat collided with a coast guard vessel off the...
India to ramp up purchases of US oil, arms, aircraft; open some farm access
NEW DELHI — India has agreed to buy petroleum, defense goods, and aircraft from the US, while partly opening up its highly guarded agriculture...
Taiwan must look to democracies, not China, for trade cooperation, president says
TAIPEI — Taiwan must look to fellow democracies, not China, for trade and economic cooperation, President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday, as his government...
Trump administration sued over pause on immigrant visa processing
A GROUP of civil rights organizations on Monday sued the State Department over its recent pause on the processing of immigrant visas for citizens...