1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (779+ words) ISLAMABAD – A surge in Indonesia’s wood pellet and chip production is driving a new wave of deforestation, threatening the vast archipelago’s remaining tropical forests, vital biodiversity hot spots and the land of Indigenous peoples, according to new satellite analysis from…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (76+ words) WSLS House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump's $5,000 'dividend' needs congressional approval Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after visiting dignitaries passed through Trump downplays the need to…...

8+ hour, 43+ min ago   (334+ words) KYIV – A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials — including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden -- passed through, Ukraine’s state rail operator said. According to Ukrzaliznytsia,…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (635+ words) KYIV – Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the…...

14+ hour, 27+ min ago   (632+ words) Samy Magdy, Sally Abou Aljoud And Cara Anna CAIRO – An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran…...

15+ hour, 43+ min ago   (685+ words) CAIRO – Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a “painful” development in a new front in the Iran war. The…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago   (588+ words) JAKARTA – Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago   (641+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

22+ hour, 52+ min ago   (949+ words) PARAKOU – The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (958+ words) Thomas Beaumont, Jill Colvin And Michelle L. Price DALLAS – As Vice President JD Vance addressed the crowd at the Republican midterm convention, he was interrupted by a fan who shouted “JD 48!” Others joined in, and Vance paused with a smile before…...