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restored /> NIAMEY, Niger — African Union says it is suspending Niger from all activities and institutions until constitutional order is restored. Sourse: abcnews.go.com Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit Rating No votes yet. Please wait…
BANGKOK — The leader of one of Thailand’s best-known property empires has been selected prime minister just nine months after joining a political party that champions the poor. Parliament confirmed Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday, ending months of political uncertainty following…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will meet with Chinese officials and American business leaders next week amid efforts to stabilize relations that have sunk to historic lows. Raimondo’s Aug. 27-30 visit to Beijing and Shanghai aims for “constructive discussions…
BEIJING — A North Korean commercial flight has taken off from Beijing in a sign that Pyongyang is opening its borders again after almost three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions. The Russian-made Air Koryo Tupelev Tu-204 jet with capacity for…
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled a drone on Tuesday resembling America’s armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country’s archenemy Israel. Iran’s state-run…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in the Dominican Republic prepared to shut down the country on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Franklin took aim at the island of Hispaniola that it shares with Haiti and threatened to unleash landslides and…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani Taliban fighters ambushed a military convoy in a former militant stronghold in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border on Tuesday, triggering an intense shootout that killed at least six soldiers and four militants, the military…
BEIJING — A North Korean commercial flight has taken off from Beijing in a sign that Pyongyang is opening its borders again after almost three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions. The Russian-made Air Koryo Tupolev Tu-204 jet with capacity for…
LONDON — British competition regulators opened a new investigation Tuesday into Microsoft’s revamped bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, representing the last major hurdle to closing one of the biggest deals in tech history. The Competition and Markets…
JOHANNESBURG — Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa on Tuesday. The bloc, consisting of Brazil, Russia,…