Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them say the unprecedented number is straining the resources of Thailand just across the border and leading to delays. The crackdown coordinated among Thailand, More...
In French sex abuse trial, woman denies knowing about her ex-husband’s history of child abuse
VANNES, France — The ex-wife of a former surgeon at the center of France’s largest ever child sexual abuse case told a court Wednesday she knew “nothing” of her husband’s near 30-year history of abusing More...
Hamas says it will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages late Wednesday
JERUSALEM — Hamas will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages Wednesday night, a spokesperson for the militant group said Wednesday. They are Tsachi Idan, 49; Shlomo Mantzur, 85; Itzhak Elgarat, More...
Pope Francis’s Hospital Stay Enters 13th Day
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Pope Francis has ‘peaceful night’ in hospital amid health battle
Pope Francis had another “peaceful night” at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and was resting on Wednesday morning as he continues to receive treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said. The Holy More...
Millions in the dark in Chile after blackout
SANTIAGO, Chile — A sweeping blackout hit Chile on Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking out traffic lights, paralyzing countless businesses and leaving millions of people across the South American nation More...
Russia offered U.S. a deal for minerals in Ukranian territory it seized
Russia has proposed to the Trump administration a potential agreement between the two countries under which the U.S. would gain some ownership of rare earth minerals and other valuable metals in parts of Ukraine More...
Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight
A married couple said they were forced to sit next to a dead woman’s body for four hours on a flight from Australia to Qatar. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne More...
Chinese company withdraws notice setting deadline for single workers to get married
A company in China has rolled back a policy threatening never-married and divorced employees with termination if they were still single by the end of September, after pushback from the public as well as government More...
46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years
BAGHDAD — The final results of Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years released Monday show the population has reached 46.1 million. In 2009, an unofficial count estimated the population at 31.6 million. Iraqi More...
