1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (451+ words) The ferry with more than 240 people was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, on Borneo Island, officials said. The vessel’s captain had reported rough seas with waves up to 3 meters (10 feet) before issuing a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (697+ words) As police in Kathmandu buried dozens of bodies in multiple trenches, Nepal’s disaster agency said that 1,003 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreign nationals. In its latest update, China reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, including 261 foreigners. The scale…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (478+ words) The preliminary total is only a small increase from the 8.8 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget requested for this fiscal year. It will be much higher eventually, but further details will come later this year after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) One baby of the 15 who were in the nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences was rescued, the hospital said. Television footage showed rescue workers using ladders to reach the third-floor nursery through broken windows. Grieving parents and relatives…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (524+ words) U.S. military vehicles are parked at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP) U.S. President Donald Trump had earlier abruptly ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise just before it began Monday....