MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials vowed Monday to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a disputed lagoon in the South China Sea... More than 50 Philippine fishing boats were outside the shoal at the time, the Philippine coast guard said ... China has told the U.S ... .
A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth’s atmosphere yesterday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists ...OSIRIS-REx collected its specimen three years ago from Bennu, a small, carbon-rich asteroid discovered in 1999.
Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city and left thousands of people dead ... Libya Sep 18 ... news Sep 18 ... The U.N ... .
Russia launched a major aerial attack on southern Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian military said Monday, hitting Odesa port and destroying grain stores ... .
Two decades on, the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) ... list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Three people killed in drone attack on airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region. list 2 of 4Photos ... end of list ... No accountability.
More On. ukraine war. Zelensky wines, dines with the world’s richest in the hopes of rebuilding war-torn Ukraine. Poland PM tells Zelensky never ‘insult Poles again’ after stirring up drama over dispute. Russian authorities have been quietly removing memorials for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ... “We call this a hybrid war ... Getty Images.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region's leadership says 120,000Armenians do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan for fear of persecution and ethnic cleansing ... .
A Mafia boss who spent nearly three decades evading law enforcement before he was arrested in January has died while receiving medical treatment, according to Italian media reports ...Having been a wanted man for nearly 30 years, he was the Cosa Nostra’s longest-hiding fugitive ... .
PresidentEmmanuel Macron announced that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup ... France had stationed thousands of troops in the Sahel region at the request of African leaders to fight jihadist groups ... Credit. AP ... Credit. AP ... .
SUZUKA. Formula One leader Max Verstappen ran away with the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday as his dominant Red Bull team secured the constructors’ title for the second year in a row ... McLaren’s Lando Norris and Australian rookie Oscar Piastri, on a grand prix podium for the first time, finished second and third, respectively ... .