A rainstorm felled about 40 power poles on Chalong Krung Road in Lat Krabang district of Bangkok on Friday evening, cutting off power and internet in the area.

BEIJING - An aircraft about ​the size of a car crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, the CITIC Tower, ​on Friday, as police closed off roads around the skyscraper and stopped passersby from filming the scene.

The International Olympic Committee has approved a revamped bidding process for the 2036 Summer Olympics, introducing a new “strategic dialogue” phase aimed at strengthening host selection and improving long-term planning.

GENEVA - International search and rescue teams from at least 17 countries are being scrambled to Venezuela to help look for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes, the United Nations said on Friday.

MOSCOW - Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea on Friday declared an “emergency situation” in a bid to ease the fallout from increasing Ukrainian aerial attacks on the peninsula.