Fire destroys Japan’s World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle
A fire tore through World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Thursday, reducing the main hall of the more than 500-year-old landmark to a charred skeleton.
Body believed to be missing British woman, 21, found off Cambodia
Cambodian authorities found a body floating near the Thai border on Thursday that is believed to be a 21-year-old British woman who went missing last week from a beach party in a coastal area popular with backpackers, police said.
Trump rule on health insurance leaves immigrants, companies scrambling for answers
Nearly a decade after receiving U.S. citizenship, Guatemalan-born Mayra Lopez thought she had cleared all the hurdles for her parents to join her in the United States.
Fire sweeps Pakistani train, killing 73, after cooking fire
A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring nearly 40 after a gas canister that passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, the minister of railways said.
UK PM Johnson’s Conservatives have 15-17% point poll lead over Labour
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lead the opposition Labour Party by 15-17 percentage points, two polls showed on Thursday.
Masked Hong Kong protesters expected to gatecrash Halloween
Hong Kong police tightened security ahead of possible clashes between masked pro-democracy protesters and Halloween fancy-dress clubbers as the Chinese-ruled city confirmed it was in economic recession after months of unrest and trade tensions.
Graphic: Examining the weapons and tactics used by police and protesters in Hong Kong
As the showdown between police and protesters in Hong Kong has intensified, officers have used increasing force, deploying an arsenal of crowd-control weapons, including tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, sponge grenades and bean bag rounds.
Hong Kong police fire tear gas to try to break up protests
Hong Kong police fired tear gas to try to break up anti-government protests in the densely populated district of Mong Kok on the Kowloon peninsula on Thursday, away from demonstrations expected on Hong Kong island coinciding with Halloween celebrations…
German court to rule on farmers’ climate change challenge
A family of farmers worried that their windswept North Sea island will be engulfed by rising sea-levels is among a Greenpeace-led group of plaintiffs seeking a court ruling that Germany must act faster on climate change.
Protests bring Beirut’s abandoned Egg back to life
In the heart of Beirut’s manicured downtown, something is stirring in a bullet-pocked concrete shell of a building known as “the Egg”.
