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Vietnam court sentences Truong My Lan to death for fraud
Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan was sentenced to death in a $44 billion bank fraud scheme. Photo by EPA-EFE/STRINGER Wealthy real estate entrepreneur Truong My Lan…
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Ukraine parliament, facing pressing need, passes military mobilization bill
Ukraine's parliament Thursday passed a military mobilization bill as Ukraine faces a pressing need for more soldiers. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill lowering the draft…
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President Joe Biden hosts trilateral summit with Philippines, Japanese leaders
1 of 3 | Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., seen here visiting the White House in 2023, will join U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio…
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Hong Kong detains then deports press freedom group representative
Media mogul Jimmy Lai (C) is escorted out of a Correctional Services Department vehicle and into the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, China, in February 2021. On Thursday, a…
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South Korea’s opposition party secures landslide victory in parliamentary vote
1 of 4 | Voters sent a stinging rebuke to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his People Power Party in midterm parliamentary elections, official results confirmed…
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Biden calls Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza war ‘a mistake,’ seeks temporary…
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the care economy during an event at Union Station in Washington on Tuesday ahead of an Oval Office broadcast interview in which he rebuked…
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Israel threatens Iran attack if it retaliates for bombing of Damascus consulate
Israel warned Wednesday if Iran retaliates against Israel for the bombing of Iran's consulate in Syria, Israel will strike Iranian territory. The warnings came from both Israeli…
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Palestinians in Gaza mark Eid al-Fitr holiday in shadow of Israel’s war with Hamas
'There is no joy, no delight' on this holiday, says one displaced Palestinian in war-torn region…
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France takes steps to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients
President Emmanuel Macron says measure provides 'simple and humane' option for some who suffer…
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EU court lifts sanctions on two Russian billionaires
The General Court of the European Union Wednesday lifted sanctions against two Russian billionaires. The EU had put Russian Alfa bank shareholders Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven on a…
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