By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI REO, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of people waited for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores on Monday as the country marked its 81st…
Today is Monday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2026. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 17, 1959, trumpeter Miles Davis released “Kind…
Listen to article • 0:00 minRUTENG, Indonesia — Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies Sunday, a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, raising the death toll to…
Listen to article • 0:00 minMAUMERE, Indonesia — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 47 people, collapsing buildings, and causing…
By SETH BORENSTEIN and EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark…
FILE – Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on Aug. 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana The app Telegram, a popular messenger app in Russia…
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work…
By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import…
FILE – Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Noah Berger/AP Photo/Noah Berger NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump…
Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, left, mother of 14-year-old…
