YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar's largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and crystal meth — some $600 million of confiscated illegal drugs ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY, ANDRY RINCÓN and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed around 235 ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY, ANDRY RINCÓN and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed around 235 ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed major weapons tests and called for the military's "deadly and destructive offensive posture" to be bolstered, state media reported Friday, as South Korea announced it ...
By JON GAMBRELL, MATTHEW LEE AND KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A United Nations agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela's northern coast, killing more than 180 people, were an event known as a "doublet." Doublet earthquakes happen when a pair of similar-sized quakes hit close in location and ...