Thursday January 23rd, 2025 4:49AM

AP World News

About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia's coast as residents refuse to let them land
Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land
8:02AM ( 3 months ago )
Son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the UK
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home
7:57AM ( 3 months ago )
Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home
7:57AM ( 3 months ago )
Austria's chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader
Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party
7:55AM ( 3 months ago )
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says only a US green light on a NATO invitation will sway a reluctant Germany
Ukraine’s president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called “victory plan” after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is not welcome by some Western partners, in particular Germany
7:36AM ( 3 months ago )
Tropical Storm Oscar swirls toward the Bahamas after hitting Cuba as a hurricane
Tropical Storm Oscar is chugging toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people
6:45AM ( 3 months ago )
South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North's troops in Russia
South Korea warns it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia
6:18AM ( 3 months ago )
Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit meant to counterbalance Western clout
China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies
5:32AM ( 3 months ago )
Blinken arrives in Israel as US looks to renew cease-fire efforts after the killing of Hamas leader
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel on his 11th visit to the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war
3:34AM ( 3 months ago )
Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to be the group's next leader
The Israeli military says one of its airstrikes in early October killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group’s next leader
3:34AM ( 3 months ago )