Empty feeling as fans trickle in for Cricket World Cup opener
England and New Zealand opened the Cricket World Cup on Thursday faced with a largely empty stadium -- and those...
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Israel protest leader vows govt won’t ‘take democracy away’
An Israeli physicist who has become the face of a wave of anti-government protests warns that her country risks falling...
Bangladesh accepts first uranium for Russia-backed nuclear plant
Bangladesh on Thursday received the first uranium delivery for its Russia-backed nuclear plant, a project aimed at bolstering its overstretched...
Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel literature prize
The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel literature prize to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the...
Overpass in deadly Venice bus crash ‘was under renovation’
The Venice overpass from which a bus plunged killing 21 people this week had been earmarked for renovation for years...
Mont Blanc shrinks by over two meters in two years
France's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two meters in height over the past two years, researchers said...
Bangladesh swamped by record dengue deaths
In the crowded fever ward in Bangladesh's Mugda hospital, every bed is taken, as the country struggles in the grip...
Second suspect arrested over disappearance of young men in Mexico
A second suspect in a kidnapping, torture and murder investigation in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Wednesday, after grisly...
Three giants of chemistry connected by the quantum realm
This year's Nobel Chemistry winners are pioneers in the nanoworld. During the 1980s, Alexi Ekimov, 78, and Louis Brus, 80,...
Corporate manslaughter probe into UK child killer hospital
UK police on Wednesday said they were carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where a neo-natal nurse...
UN’s Ethiopia rights atrocities probe ditched
The United Nations' probe into human rights atrocities in Ethiopia will end next week despite investigators warning of an "overwhelming...
History looms large over Haiti crisis force
A UN-backed force is finally being sent to try and restore calm to Haiti, but experts fear it may have...
Turkey launches new Iraq strikes, warns Syria
Turkey on Wednesday launched fresh strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and warned of more intense cross-border air raids after...
Rockets, drones on display at Islamic Jihad parade in Gaza
Palestinian militants marched Wednesday through Gaza City, brandishing weapons and carrying rockets and drones, in a parade marking the 36th...
LGBTQ Lebanese under attack as activists decry eroding freedoms
Lebanon's LGBTQ community has been reeling from months of snowballing hostility, as activists in one of the Middle East's more...
‘It does worry me’: Biden fears US chaos could hit Ukraine aid
President Joe Biden admitted Wednesday he was worried that political turmoil in Washington could threaten US aid to Ukraine, urging...
French rapper MHD appeals murder jail term
French rapper MHD on Wednesday appealed a 12-year jail term handed down last month for the 2018 murder of a...
Women’s squad seeks its share of Saudi football boom
As Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar pack Saudi stadiums, a quieter but equally dramatic transformation is unfolding for women's professional football,...
Nobel laureate Yunus appears before Bangladesh graft watchdog
Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus appeared before Bangladesh's anti-graft watchdog Thursday over corruption charges that his lawyers said were part...
Ukrainians flee ‘ghost town’ as Russians seek recapture
Sergiy walked out of his grey-brick house carrying two plastic holdalls and closed the front door as his dog barked....
Safety first? Labour seeks to maintain poll lead at annual meet
Britain's Labour opposition gathers this weekend for its annual conference, with the centre-left party currently on course to return to...
‘We don’t exist’: Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority living in fear
Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of...
Scholz’s coalition to take hit at German state polls
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's troubled coalition is expected to take a hit at two major state polls that come halfway...
Largest climate fund seeks new funding for vulnerable
The world's largest multilateral climate fund will aim to boost cash flow in a donor conference on Thursday, with all...
21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire
At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed when a bus running on methane plunged off...
Republican hardliners oust US House speaker in historic vote
Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right...
Senator blocks Egypt military aid over rights
The new top US senator on foreign relations on Tuesday blocked some $235 million in military aid to Egypt over...
Guatemalan president-elect denounces ‘slow motion’ coup
Visiting Washington on Tuesday, President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala said he is confronting a concerted effort to keep him from...
Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles’ future
On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to...
Pope opens Church meeting amid tensions with conservatives
Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on...
Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappear
To hunt the narwhal, whose long tusk was the unicorn horn of medieval myth, you need absolute silence. So much...
Canada’s wildfires take devastating toll on wildlife
No droppings, tracks, nests or other traces of wildlife -- Canada's boreal forests were devastated by record wildfires this year....
Firefighters tell of hellish battle against Canada wildfires
Facing grueling conditions worthy of a Dantean hell, up against soaring walls of blistering flames, thousands of firefighters mobilized throughout...
For Iranian refugees, French wine harvest part of anti-government ‘struggle’
Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading "life" and "liberty", a group of Iranian women who have fled to France...
Farmers turn to solar power in Syria’s former breadbasket
At his farm in Syria's northeast, Abdullah al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have cropped up...
West Bank city pins tourism hopes on UNESCO listing
In the ancient city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, a prehistoric site has raised Palestinian hopes of a...
Deadly Thai mall shooting reignites gun control questions
A deadly shooting in a Bangkok mall allegedly by a 14-year-old has again exposed Thailand’s gun violence problems, with police...
Afghan refugees play the waiting game in Tajikistan
For Bibikhawa Zaki, whose orange football boots match her headscarf, training on the pitch is the highlight of her complicated...
Liberia’s young voters engage for peaceful elections
In a schoolroom, young Liberians take it in turns to draw an image expressing what they fear most as they...
Thai PM vows action on guns after deadly mall shooting
Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday vowed "preventive measures" after a shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall left two people dead...
Kidnapping suspect arrested, missing 9-year-old found safe in upstate New York
Craig Nelson Ross Jr. has been apprehended and charged with first-degree kidnapping in the case of 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, who...
New York Mayor raises Nigerian flag on Wall Street, describes NY Lagos of America
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has led a historic celebration in honor of Nigeria's 63rd independence day. The...
Eric Adams’ Community Op-Ed: The Future of Housing in NYC
Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City — changes that...
Slovaks vote in tight polls key for foreign policy, Ukraine aid
Slovaks voted on Saturday in a tight early election seen as key to whether the country will keep supporting neighboring...
Pope appoints 21 new cardinals to fill highest ranks of Church
Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from distant corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity...
Muizzu: Maldives election’s pro-China frontrunner
The frontrunner in Saturday's Maldives presidential vote is an ardent advocate of Chinese investment and has promised to steer the...
Yemenis at Asian Games divided by war, united by sport
One delivered gas cylinders in government-run Aden for a living and the other cooked meals in rebel-held Sanaa. Now the...
US government hours from shutdown, as lawmakers scrabble for solutions
With the US government just hours from shutting down on Saturday, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy pitched a last-gasp stopgap measure...
France’s Mayotte feels left high and dry as water crisis worsens
Water has been cut off two days out of every three this month in France's poorest department Mayotte, an Indian...
Kosovo on edge after deadly clashes stir unease
Nearly a week after deadly clashes in Kosovo triggered one of the gravest escalations in the former breakaway province in...
Pro-China frontrunner closes in on Maldives presidency
Pro-China frontrunner Mohamed Muizzu was set to win Saturday's presidential vote in the Maldives, according to local media tallies, after...
Almost all ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh
The flood of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh dwindled to a trickle Saturday as Armenia said nearly the entire population of the...
Crossing glaciers and fjords: Norwegian reindeer migrate for winter
A herd of reindeer with white, brown or grey coats climb mountains and swim between glaciers on their great migration...
Libya flights to Italy resume after nearly 10 years
A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting flights to Italy after a nearly decade-long suspension due to...
Lula ‘stable’ after hip replacement: doctors
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in "stable" condition a day after undergoing hip surgery, and began physical...
China’s gateway to North Korea waits in vain for border opening
Stranded North Korean workers and merchants who rely on cross-border trade see scant signs that the frontier with China will...
Trump, in campaign mode, attempts to back off abortion
Donald Trump never misses a chance to remind voters that he was the one to appoint three justices to the...
Top US military officer General Mark Milley retires
General Mark Milley steps down on Friday after a tumultuous term as the top US military officer that saw him...
Burkina still battling insecurity one year after coup
When he seized power, Captain Ibrahim Traore set himself "two to three months" to improve security in Burkina Faso, but...
7 Nigerien soldiers killed in jihadist attack, 5 more in ensuing accident
Seven soldiers were killed Thursday in Niger's southwest in an attack by suspected jihadists, and five others died in a...
