At least five people were dead and dozens remained unaccounted for following a fire that erupted on a ferry in waters off the northern Philippines.

Gadi Eisenkot, a former military commander who has emerged as Netanyahu’s main rival in the Oct. 27 election, accused him of evading responsibility for security lapses.

Spain’s intelligence service had alerted Morocco about social media calls for a border exodus into Ceuta, which led to more than 100 deaths and a political crisis in Spain.

British police are investigating the ReformUK party, accused of breaking campaign finance laws by agreeing to accept money from foreign donors.

A Hong Kong court has convicted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal of deterring its reporter from taking up a trade union role. The court acquitted Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Asia) Inc. of

Asian shares have skidded following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again trades above $100 a barrel. U.S. futures were modestly higher early Thursday. On Wednesday, the S&P

China’s passenger car exports in the first eight months of this year already surpassed last year's total, an industry association said Thursday, though domestic sales continued to decline. Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.

A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was nearly hit this week by a drone in Moldova, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told Norway’s public broadcaster Wednesday. Zelensky was traveling Tuesday to Oslo for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V when his connection from Chisinau International Airport was delayed by the threat,