Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in 'major' cyber incident The revelation comes as the U.S. grapples with a massive cyberespionage campaign that gave Chinese officials access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. The Associated Press
South Korea mourns plane crash that killed 179 out of 181 on board The day after the worst plane crash by a South Korean airline on Korean soil, the focus turned to returning victims' bodies to their families and investigating the cause of the crash. Anthony Kuhn
South Korea begins week-long national mourning period, following air disaster Nearly everyone was killed when the plane's landing gear failed to deploy and the plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a wall. Of the 181 people aboard, 179 were killed. Anthony Kuhn
Plane crashes and catches fire during landing in South Korea, killing at least 179 A plane carrying 181 people crashed during landing and caught fire in Muan, South Korea, killing most of its passengers. It had issued a Mayday prior to the crash. Daniel Estrin
Plane burst into flames at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28 South Korea's emergency office said the fire was put out and rescue officials were trying to remove passengers from the Jeju Air passenger plane at the airport in the South Korean city of Muan. The Associated Press
Putin apologizes to Azerbaijani leader for 'tragic incident' involving crashed plane The Kremlin said air defense systems were firing near Grozny due to a Ukrainian drone strike as the airliner attempted to land, but stopped short of saying it was shot down by Russian air defenses. The Associated Press
The latest in South Korea's presidential impeachments South Korea's parliament voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. This move comes less than two weeks after lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Tinbete Ermyas
Now-ousted Bangladeshi PM was involved in thousands of disappearances, report says A new report alleges ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was directly involved in the enforced disappearances of thousands of people. Shamim Chowdhury
South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament votes to impeach acting president The impeachments of the country's president and then acting-president worsen the nation's political turmoil, deepen its economic uncertainty and hurt its international image. The Associated Press
Mourners mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. The Associated Press