ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s military says airstrikes in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border have killed 43 militants. The military said in a statement that the militants were killed Thursday in two villages of the North Waziristan tribal region. It gave no details about the identities or nationalities of …
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BEIJING – Authorities have raised the death toll to 121 in the chemical warehouse explosion in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin, while another 54 people remain unaccounted for. The city government said Saturday that the death toll from the Aug. 12 disaster includes 67 firefighters, with another 37 firefighters …
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VIENNA – A confidential document from the U.N.’s atomic agency says the extra work related to monitoring Iran’s compliance with last month’s nuclear deal will cost about 9.2 million euros ($10.5 million) each year. The International Atomic Energy Agency document obtained by The Associated Press also estimates the final tab …
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MADRID – Spanish officials say they have recovered 12 metal objects, including an 80-centimeter (31-inch) bronze cannon, from a 19th century shipwreck that has been the subject of a court case. The Culture Ministry said Wednesday that in an expedition this month it had also mapped the wreck of the …
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BEIJING – An American business group has urged to China to allow more access to its insurance and other service industries, saying foreign skills could help develop its volatile stock markets and cope with disasters like the recent chemical explosion in Tianjin. The American Chamber of Commerce in China said …
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BEIJING – A state-run local news website says that a chemical factory has exploded in eastern China, killing one person just three weeks after massive chemical warehouse explosions in the country exposed lax enforcement of safety regulations. The Dongying News website — run by the Dongying city government — says …
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ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish media report says at least 11 migrants have died and five others are missing after boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized. The private Dogan news agency says a boat carrying 16 people sank in international waters after leaving from the Turkish …
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Dozens of white balloons drifted over Vancouver’s harbor to honor the young Syrian boys whose deaths at sea sparked worldwide outrage about the refugee crisis. The boys’ aunt, Tima Kurdi, stood looking at the sky Saturday after she and other mourners let go of the balloons, …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has accused the West of creating “strange hysteria” over Russian activities in Syria, saying that Moscow has been openly supplying weapons and sending military specialists to Syria for a long time. The U.S. has expressed concern about signs of a Russian military build-up in …
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BANGKOK – An expert witness at the trial of two Burmese workers accused of killing two British tourists in Thailand has testified that DNA found on what police say was the murder weapon does not belong to the defendants. Autopsies showed that 24-year-old David Miller and 23-year-old Hannah Witheridge suffered …
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