Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei dies at 64, officials say

The Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei has died at the age of 64, the country's foreign ministry said Saturday.


Iran's supreme leader praises paramilitary for crackdown on 'rioters' and 'thugs'

Iran's Supreme Leader has praised the country's Basij paramilitary force for its role in the deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters.


Apple has a huge problem with an iPhone factory in China

A violent workers' revolt at the world's largest iPhone factory this week in central China is further scrambling Apple's strained supply and highlighting how the country's stringent zero-Covid policy is hurting global technology firms.


US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales amid Chinese spying fears

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security.


Taiwan votes in local elections billed as message for China and the world

Polls opened in Taiwan on Saturday in local elections that President Tsai Ing-wen has framed as being about sending a message to the world about the island's determination to defend its democracy in the face of China's rising bellicosity.


At least 3 people killed and 11 others injured in Brazil school shootings

At least three people were killed and 11 others injured Friday after a gunman opened fire at two schools in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, according to local authorities.


Speeding tanks, booming howitzers, shaking bones: This is how South Korea sells weapons

With a blinding yellow flash and a concussion that shakes bones, K9 self-propelled howitzers launch artillery shells onto a hill that's just been hit by rockets fired from helicopters. Then K2 tanks roar in, speeding up roads and firing as they go.


Ford recalls 520,000 SUVs due to fire risk

Ford has announced another SUV recall, this time impacting about 520,000 Ford Escape and Bronco Sport compacts in the United States. Potential cracks in the vehicles' fuel line can cause fires to break out under the hood of some cars, according to Ford and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


Why Thanksgiving-weekend movies aren't doing well this year

Thanksgiving weekend has historically offered a cornucopia of films, letting moviegoers get out of the house and kick back after eating copious amounts of turkey, mashed potatoes and pie.


Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years of prison for rape in China

A Chinese court in Beijing sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of sexual offenses, including rape, the court said in a post on its official Weibo account.