The noise from the jet engines reverberates across Taichung, drowning out the sounds from the congested traffic and continuing construction as a squadron of F-16 fighters roars past the rooftops of the city’s skyscrapers. The planes quickly disappear behind the light cover of

Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency Wednesday over violent protests against the ouster and arrest of ex-president Pedro Castillo that have left seven people dead. Castillo's supporters have taken to the streets and set up roadblocks countrywide in protests that have also

At least five police officers were killed and 41 others wounded Saturday when alleged drug traffickers detonated a bomb at a station in the northern city of Barranquilla, hours after a car explosion ripped through a security post near the border in neighboring Ecuador. There was no

Ukraine has said it had shot down more than a dozen Iranian-made drones in Moscow's latest assault on Kyiv. The attack came as the Kremlin promised no let-up to fighting over Christmas and as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged European leaders to assist in setting up a

A French court on Tuesday jailed eight suspects charged in the harrowing 2016 attack in Nice, in which a suspected Islamist terrorist ploughed his truck into a crowd celebrating the 14 July national holiday resulting in the deaths of 86 people. The judge's verdict followed 3 1/2

The United States is finalising plans to send its sophisticated Patriot air defence system to Ukraine following an urgent request from Kyiv, which wants more robust weapons to shoot down Russian missiles and drones that have devastated the country’s energy infrastructure and left

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail by a judge in the Bahamas. US authorities charged Mr Bankman-Fried with "one of the biggest financial frauds in US history" on Tuesday. The ex-FTX boss built a "house of cards

Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor to the Government of India, praised Bangladesh for its national security and development. "The success in combating terrorism in Bangladesh is praise worthy and it is replicable worldwide. Bangladesh is our permanent partner in peace and

The Bahamas police have arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the country's attorney general has said. He will appear in a magistrates court in The Bahamas on Tuesday, authorities in the Caribbean country said. Police said Mr

The US Air Force announced Monday it successfully tested a hypersonic missile, a cutting edge strategic weapon that is also being developed by China and Russia. The AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was launched from a B-52H bomber on Friday off California's coast

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a year-end news conference this year, the Kremlin has said, suspending an annual tradition that dates back to the early years of his presidency. “There will not be [a news conference] before the New Year,” Kremlin spokesman

Six people were killed, including two police officers, at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday (Dec 12), after police visited the place to investigate reports of a missing person. Initial information indicated the officers were shot by two

France hosts an international conference Tuesday designed to raise material and money to repair Ukraine's damaged infrastructure as well as underline Paris' ongoing support for Kyiv's fight against Russia. The gathering of politicians, blue-chip companies and aid agencies

More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday. "The true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher," said the children's agency UNICEF about the

Iran has carried out its second public execution linked to the nearly three-month wave of anti-government protests. Majid Reza Rahnavard was hanged in the city of Mashhad, the country's judiciary said. He was convicted of stabbing and killing two members of the security forces.

Three women including a friend of Italy's new prime minister were killed when a man opened fire at a cafe in Rome, injuring four other people. Those inside were meeting as part of a local block's residents' committee. Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, described the

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stepped up diplomacy over Russia’s invasion of his country, holding talks with the leaders of the United States, Turkey and France amid protracted fighting on the eastern front of the nine-month-old war. While Zelenskyy has held

Italy has agreed to take in over 500 migrants from two rescue ships at sea off its coast after another vessel carrying 33 migrants had docked on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The Geo Barents ship, which is operated by the Doctors without Borders charity and had 248 migrants

One million-half Palestinian citizens living in Israel suffer the danger of violence and crime carried out by organized crime gangs that killed 104 people in 2022, a rate far exceeding that of Israel overall and the Gaza Strip and West Bank, amid the remarkable inability and failure of

Over 1.5 million people were without power in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on Saturday after a night attack by Russian “kamikaze drones", President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The region’s energy authority warned that repairs after the Friday strikes would take