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They're not playing our song! Wrong Korean anthem played at field hockey match at Asian Games
September 18, 2026 - 12:29 AM

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — South Korean field hockey players were perplexed Friday when the national anthem of North Korea was played — instead of their own — before a men’s field hockey match against Bangladesh at the Asian Games.
Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases surge
September 18, 2026 - 12:19 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency after data showed 1 in 60 people in the South Pacific island nation was estimated to be infected.
Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire
September 17, 2026 - 11:58 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadly collapse of a multistory building in Gaza has drawn new attention to the hardships facing Palestinians there nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas promised to kickstart reconstruction.
Iran says it strikes an oil tanker, and other Mideast developments
September 17, 2026 - 11:58 PM

Iran says it has struck an oil tanker trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, South Korea says it is considering expanding the operations of a naval operation in the Gulf of Aden off the Arabian Peninsula to protect its ships and oil routes, but it won't send troops to intervene in the Iran war.
Roadside bomb kills 6 soldiers in Pakistan as troops kill 10 militants in multiple raids
September 17, 2026 - 11:55 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a security forces convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing six soldiers, while government troops conducted raids resulting in the deaths of militants believed to be members of the Pakistani Taliban, the military and local police said Friday.
Fatal shark attack suspected near Australian city beach
September 17, 2026 - 11:55 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Emergency services responded to a suspected fatal shark attack off a Western Australian city beach Friday.
Officials defend using temporary containers, cruise ship as lodging at Asian Games
September 17, 2026 - 11:49 PM

NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian Games, which includes the use of converted wooden containers.
Russians begin 3 days of voting in a parliamentary election set to cement the Kremlin's power
September 17, 2026 - 11:23 PM

Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance.
Vanuatu ends search for 37 people missing in ferry sinking
September 17, 2026 - 11:08 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A search has ended for those missing after a passenger ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu, with 39 people believed dead, an official told The Associated Press on Friday.
Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire
September 17, 2026 - 11:04 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadly collapse of a multistory building in Gaza has drawn new attention to the hardships facing Palestinians there nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas promised to kickstart reconstruction.
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They're not playing our song! Wrong Korean anthem played at field hockey match at Asian Games

Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases surge

Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire

Iran says it strikes an oil tanker, and other Mideast developments

Roadside bomb kills 6 soldiers in Pakistan as troops kill 10 militants in multiple raids

Fatal shark attack suspected near Australian city beach

Officials defend using temporary containers, cruise ship as lodging at Asian Games

Russians begin 3 days of voting in a parliamentary election set to cement the Kremlin's power

Vanuatu ends search for 37 people missing in ferry sinking

Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire

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