4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (362+ words) A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involving the virus. The 40-year-old woman died Saturday, Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said in a Facebook post in which he called…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (341+ words) MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of…...

16+ hour, 26+ min ago   (669+ words) CAIRO — Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a "painful" development in a new front in the Iran war. The…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (547+ words) BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (621+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (377+ words) FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (199+ words) WELLESLEY, Mass. — The attorney for a Wellesley mother accused of killing her two young children asked for her case to be dismissed on Thursday. Jannette MacAusland, 49, was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 6-year-old Ella MacAusland…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (472+ words) HONOLULU — Hurricane Lowell's intense winds and storm surge that battered Hawaii's western islands this week are suspected in the deaths of at least two people. On the island of Kauai, the storm damaged oceanfront resorts, knocked out power and ripped…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (457+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge has allowed Missouri's top court to proceed with a contempt hearing Thursday for Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in a tense and twisting legal battle over whether new congressional districts supported by President…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (406+ words) BEIJING — China and the U.S. hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson said Thursday, fueling expectations that an announcement could come when the leaders of the two countries meet in two weeks. Negotiators…...