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Family divided by Korea's turbulent past seeks comfort in reunion
SEOUL, South Korea – The members of families split and then permanently separated by the 1950-53 Korean War carry many sad memories and stories, but few that are as unique and dramatic as Park...
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Business ties herald 'golden era' as China's Xi visits UK
LONDON, United Kingdom – Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a 4-day visit to Britain on Tuesday, October 20, in which human rights issues are to be eclipsed by lavish ceremony and hard-nosed business...
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Merkel heads to Turkey over migrant crisis
COLOGNE, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in Istanbul Sunday, October 18, to press Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into Europe, a day after a German mayoral candidate was seriously...
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1 dead as boat with 27 passengers capsizes off Surigao
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A person with disability died after their motorized boat capsized off the coast of Surigao City on Saturday afternoon, October 17.The Philippine Information Agency Dinagat...
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Top Japanese ministers visit Yasukuni war shrine
TOKYO, Japan – High-ranking Japanese cabinet ministers made visits to the country's on Sunday, October 18, paying their respects at a site seen by neighboring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's...
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Tricky issue of gender pay gap surfaces in White House race
WASHINGTON DC, United States – The persistent pay gap between women and men in the United States – right up to Hollywood stars – is emerging as a 2016 campaign issue, but experts say its root causes...
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Breaking tradition, India's child brides fight for freedom
JODHPUR, India – University student Santadevi Meghwal has been threatened, harassed, ostracized and even fined by a council of male elders in her village in India.But the 20-year-old is determined to...
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Ex-Sarangani governor, provincial exec 'guilty' of malversation
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan convicted 2 former officials of Sarangani province for malversation of public funds, after they diverted relief goods intended for indigenous tribes and farmers...
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Polling begins in Egypt to elect new pro-Sisi parliament
CAIRO, Egypt – Polling opened on Sunday, October 18, in Egypt for a much-delayed parliamentary election that will tighten President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's grip on power after he crushed all opposition...
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Exiled Tibetans vote for new political leader
DHARAMSALA, India – Thousands of Tibetans worldwide voted on Sunday, October 18, for a political leader to keep up their struggle for greater freedom in China and to head their exiled government....
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Hurricane Olaf forms in the eastern Pacific
MIAMI, United States – Hurricane Olaf has formed far offshore in the eastern Pacific, US forecasters said on Sunday, October 18.The storm is currently located some 2,780 kilometers west-southwest of...
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French police raid Volkswagen offices in emission scandal
PARIS, France – Police have raided Volkswagen's French headquarters over an investigation into the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed the German auto giant, a judicial source said on...
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5 more migrant deaths in Aegean – Greek coastguard
ATHENS, Greece – The Greek coastguard on Sunday, October 18, said 5 more migrants including a baby and two boys had died trying to cross the Aegean Sea from neighboring Turkey.Most of the deaths...
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Palace suspends gov't work in north, central Luzon
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Malacañang has suspended work in government offices in Regions 1, 2, 3 and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday, October 19, due to the effects of...
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Nigeria set to finally get government ministers
LAGOS, Nigeria – It's taken nearly 5 months but Nigeria – Africa's biggest economy, most populous nation and number one oil producer – may get a government this week.Final screening of 36 ministerial...
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Hezbollah says presence in Syria greater than ever before
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The head of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah said on Sunday, October 18, his group was fighting a "critical and definitive battle" in Syria with a greater presence than ever...
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Typhoon Lando: 1 dead, 23,000 evacuated
MANILA, Philippines – A teenager was crushed to death as powerful Typhoon Koppu tore down trees and houses and unleashed landslides and floods across a wide area of the Philippines on Sunday, October...
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Duterte on presidency: Leave it to God
MANILA, Philippines – Two days after supporters waited in vain for him to appear in Manila to file his candidacy for president, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was in the capital but not in a...
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Duterte: I can forgive Mar Roxas, but...
MANILA, Philippines – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he can forgive administration standard-bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II after his camp supposedly spread rumors that the local chief executive...
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Captain detained over deadly Ukraine pleasure boat sinking
ODESSA, Ukraine – The captain of an overloaded pleasure boat which sank in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa has been detained, officials said Sunday as the death toll rose to 14.Local...
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