International
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia. — Cambodia has become the latest Asian country to reject shipments of waste sent to its shores by Western companies for processing. Cambodian officials announced Wednesday that they were sending 1,600 tons of trash back to their source — the United States and Canada. A total of 83 shipping containers of plastic […]
NEW YORK — Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus 30 years and was ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture. Guzman spoke for about 10 minutes in court before the sentence was handed down and called out issues with the jury. “There was no justice here,” he said in Spanish, […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal. — More than 100 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced after torrential monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides across Nepal and parts of South Asia. At least 69 people have died in Nepal, with a further 31 people identified as missing and more than 2,500 rescued, the country’s Ministry […]
JIANGSU, China. — Four British citizens have been arrested by Chinese authorities in eastern Jiangsu province, the UK Foreign Office said Friday, two days Chinese police announced a drug raid there involving 16 foreigners. In a statement Wednesday, Chinese police said they had arrested 19 people in Jiangsu, including 16 foreign citizens after they tested positive for […]
PERSIAN GULF — Armed Iranian boats unsuccessfully tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday, according to two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident. The British Heritage tanker was sailing out of the Persian Gulf and was crossing into the Strait of Hormuz area when it was approached […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. — The sister of Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is on trial in Paris, facing allegations she ordered a bodyguard to beat and humiliate a local craftsman who was renovating her luxury apartment three years ago. Ashraf Eid, an Egyptian-born French national, alleges that the princess’s bodyguard attacked him after she accused him […]
BEIJING — A senior Chinese diplomat told an international forum in Beijing Monday there could be “disastrous” consequences if the US treats China as an “enemy.” China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng warned against blaming Beijing for problems in the United States, as both sides prepare to restart talks to end the year-long trade […]
HONG KONG — Tens of thousands of people marched through the Kowloon side of Hong Kong on Sunday in the latest of a long series of protests against a proposed law that would allow extradition to China. Sunday’s protest was the first anti-extradition demonstration to take place in Kowloon, an area across the harbor from Hong Kong Island and away from […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan. — Sudanese citizens took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, Friday to celebrate a power-sharing agreement that could bring an end to a weeks-long standoff between the ruling Transitional Military Council and the opposition alliance. Sudan’s military leadership and the country’s pro-democracy movement have agreed to form a rotating, joint sovereign council that […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s president is issuing a new ultimatum over the country’s nuclear program. President Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran will “take the next step” toward increasing its enrichment of uranium this Sunday, unless European nations are able to find a way to offset the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s economy. Earlier this week, […]