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Three people killed, two injured in shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, according to the Sheriff's Department.The suspect is still at large and there is no in

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M5.9 earthquake hits Iran

An M5.9 earthquake hit Iran on Sunday, with the epicenter at a depth of 10 km, according totheChina EarthquakeNetworks Center (CENC).

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Sri Lankans celebrate Sinhalese New Year

01:23 Sri Lankans are celebrating the Sinhalese New Year Wednesday with their families. It is a public holiday that, due to the pandemic last year and the Easter Sunday bomb attacks th

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Mideast in Pictures

A worker sits on his cart at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua) The Iranian Health Ministry on Sunday reported 21,063 new COVID-19 cases, takin

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Peruvian voters choose fifth president in four years

02:34 Peruvians go to the polls to vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election in the middle of a deadly second wave in COVID-19 cases and in the shadow of a political c

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Philippines receives 2nd batch of purchased Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines

A second batch of 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines purchased from China arrived in the Philippines on Sunday.The Philippines has secured 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinovac Bi

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Iran reports incident in Natanz nuclear site, no casualties: Press TV

A problem with electrical power caused an incident in Iran's Natanz underground uranium enrichment facility, Iranian Press TV quoted the country's Atomic Energy Organization's spokesman as saying on

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Economist Robert Mundell passes away at 88

Robert Mundell, a 1999 Nobel Laureate known as the "father of the euro," died of disease at his home at the age of 88 on Sunday, reported China News Service citing sources close to his son.

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Former Lao president among possible casualties after Yacht capsizes

A yacht capsized on Sunday morning in Nam Ngum Lake near the Lao capital Vientiane, with casualties feared including former Lao President Choummaly Sayasone, local media reported.

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Car bombing near Kabul kills at least three security personnel

The Taliban has claimed responsibly for a car bombing that has killed at least three Afghan security personnel and injured 12 others in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday.Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faram

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Jordan's Prince Hamza had links with 'foreign parties' to execute plot

Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister Ayman Safadi said on Sunday that King Abdullah's half-brother and former crown prince, Prince Hamza, had been liaising with foreign parties over a plot to destabilize t

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Rocket falls near Iraqi base hosting U.S. contractors

A rocket on Sunday fell in a rural area close to an Iraqi military air base hosting some U.S. contractors, but there were no casualties, Iraqi security officials said.Initial investigations showed th

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5 killed, hundreds missing after floods trigger landslide in Indonesia

At least five people were killed and hundreds remain unaccounted for after flash floods and landslides struck East Nusa Tenggara province in central parts of Indonesia on Sunday, local media reported

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11 dead after truck crashes into passenger bus in east China

Eleven people were killed and many injured after a truck collided with a passenger bus on the Shenyang-Haikou expressway in east China's Jiangsu Province on early Sunda

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PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Lebanese army

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the Lebanese army on Sunday at their request, according to an official statement fr

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Eight dead as fishing vessel capsizes in east China

Eight people died and five were rescued after a fishing vessel capsized near Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Sunday.

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Suez Canal: New tug joining efforts on the fifth day

This satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, March 28, 2021. /AP A newly arrived specialist tug will join efforts on