JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.

NAKHON PHANOM - Overnight downpours left submerged roads and inundated homes and businesses in this northeastern border province on Sunday, prompting emergency drainage operations.

TOKYO - As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation's long-time pacifist stance.

CHONGQING, China - Zhang Xue wept with joy and furiously waved a Chinese flag as he watched his company's superbike scream across the finish line four seconds ahead of competitors in only its third world championship race.

DUBAI - Iran set preconditions on Saturday for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating a potential deal to open the waterway essential to the world economy.

SHIWA MINE, Afghanistan - In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed.

Samsung Electronics has announced a partnership with Prime Video to introduce HDR10+ Advanced streaming visuals, with initial deployment set for the tech giant's 2026 television lineup starting in August 2026.

A series of grisly murders has reignited one of the country's most enduring and divisive public debates: whether the death penalty remains necessary to protect society or whether the justice system should instead focus on improving law enforcement, r...

SONGKHLA - The management of Hatyaiwittayalai secondary school in this southern province announced it will close its gates on Monday and Tuesday and provide online lessons after a sacked foreign teacher posted a firearm threat.

PARIS (FRANCE) - FIFA on Saturday condemned "a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine" the world game's governing body and its president Gianni Infantino as the controversy over his now shelved private investment plan rumbles on.