Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22

KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 36 others, most of them women and children, officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The … Read more

China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts, including 1 set to remain in space for a year

China successfully launched another spacecraft Sunday that is set to carry three astronauts to its space station. One crew member aboard the Shenzhou 23 is expected to remain in space for one year, which would be among the world’s longest single stays in space. The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in … Read more

Plane carrying pickleball players to tournament broke apart midair, report finds

A preliminary federal investigation report has found that the small plane that crashed while carrying five people to a pickleball tournament near Austin, Texas, last month broke apart midair AUSTIN, Texas — The small plane that crashed while carrying four pickleball players to a tournament near Austin last month had problems with freezing instruments before … Read more

US military conducts strike on another boat carrying alleged narco-traffickers, killing 3

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon on Sunday announced that a lethal strike was conducted on another vessel allegedly carrying suspected narco-traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people on board. The U.S. Southern Command said it conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” at … Read more

2 boats carrying aid to Cuba reported missing by Mexico

The Mexican navy said Thursday that it was searching for two boats transporting humanitarian aid to Cuba with crew members of several different nationalities on board. The vessels set sail March 20 from Isla Mujeres in Mexico’s southeastern state of Quintana Roo and were due to arrive in Havana on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, … Read more

2 dead, including teen girl, after boats carrying students capsize near site of new U.S. military base in Japan

Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said. The Japan Coast Guard said 18 of them were students from a Kyoto high school on two boats, … Read more