BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A van carrying more than 30 migrants overturned on Wednesday in southeastern Serbia, in the second such accident in days, state RTS television reported. The accident happened near the town of Bela Palanka, on the road leading from Pirot, near the Bulgarian border, toward Nis, in southern Serbia, the report said.
BANGKOK (AP) — China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Wednesday for “frequently interfering” in China’s domestic affairs. The sanctions against Rep. Jim McGovern include freezing his assets and properties in China, prohibiting any organization or individual in China from conducting transactions or working with him, and denying him and his family a visa to enter
BANGKOK (AP) — China says it will prohibit the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and that certain drone features will be restricted as the East Asian country faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The Ministry
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 15-fold increase in operating profit for the second quarter this year, largely thanks to a strong demand for memory chips amid the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies. The South Korean semiconductor and smartphone giant said Wednesday in a statement that its operating profit for the
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro vowed to detain opposition leaders on Tuesday as demonstrations continued over the country’s disputed election results. (AP Video: Lucas Dumphreys, Juan Arraez, Andry Rincon) Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro vowed to detain opposition leaders on Tuesday as demonstrations continued over the country’s disputed election results. (AP Video: Lucas Dumphreys, Juan Arraez, Andry
Israel on Tuesday carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed the Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Hezbollah did not immediately confirm the commander’s death and has denied involvement in the weekend strike. Israel on Tuesday carried
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials have toured flooded areas in the north-west by boat to assess damage caused by heavy rains. The official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday that about 4,100 homes, and numerous public buildings, roads and railways in Sinuiju city and Uiju town were flooded. In addition, 3,000
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks and other torture and mistreatment. The report on detention says Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as of the end of
TOKYO (AP) — Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits. Based on a popular Sega video game that debuted in 2005, the story centers around Kazuma Kiryu, a gangster with
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. “Don’t let anyone hit her,” she told the boy. “OK, Mama,” she remembers him replying. Much else was left unsaid. Then
