Biden aims to wrest influence from China in Pacific islands
President Joe Biden is set to host leaders of Pacific island nations with an aim of countering China's ever-growing influence,...
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Iyer, Gill help India crush Australia to clinch ODI series
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit one-day...
Endless’: one Venezuelan’s arduous odyssey to the US
At 32, Venezuelan Victor Manuel Atencio had finally had it: The crisis roiling his country, he felt, had ruined all...
France withdrawing ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent...
‘Break down walls’: Tunisia dance show celebrates diversity
A performer on a wheelchair, another who is blind and a third with Down syndrome share the stage for a...
Sicilian Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital
Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after three decades on the run, died on Monday in hospital...
EU trade chief warns businesses questioning future in China
The EU's trade chief told Beijing on Monday that tough security laws and a more "politicized" business environment have left...
Canada’s parliament speaker apologizes after honoring Nazi-linked veteran
The speaker of Canada's parliament apologized Sunday after he singled out a Ukrainian veteran alleged to have fought for the...
From K-pop to sales girls: AI goes mainstream in South Korea
Her face is a deepfake. Her body belongs to a team of similar-sized actors. But she sings, reads the news,...
Leather, willow, sunflowers: China gets to grip with cricket
There's a reverential hush from the respectful crowd as Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal opens the bowling to Bangladesh's Shathi Rani in...
India fires first world record of Games as skateboarder, 9, has ‘fun’
India claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday as hosts China snapped up more gold...
Niger power struggle grinds on two months after coup
The July 26 coup in Niger unleashed a power struggle that remains unresolved between the new military leaders and the...
‘Humans of New York’ creator slams Indian version for suing rival
The creator of "Humans of New York" has slammed an Indian version of the blog for suing a rival, accusing...
Refugees stream into Armenia ahead of Aliyev, Erdogan talk
Thousands of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh streamed into Armenia on Monday ahead of a summit between the leaders of Azerbaijan and...
Paris Fashion Week promises drama and departures
Milan Fashion Week was not even over and the fashionistas were already heading to Paris on Monday for another 100-plus...
Philippines vows removal of Chinese barriers at disputed reef
The Philippines vowed Monday to take "all appropriate actions" for the removal of floating barriers allegedly installed by the Chinese...
Eastern authorities want Libya aid conference in flood-hit Derna
Libya's flood-devastated port city of Derna will host an international conference next month to aid reconstruction efforts, authorities in the...
UK opposition leader denies he will try to undo Brexit
The leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party on Friday denied he wanted to rejoin the European Union after recent...
Ukraine’s Zelensky bolsters war support in Canada trip
Ukraine's president met Friday with close ally Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who pledged additional aid to the war-torn country, as...
Netanyahu at UN issues ‘nuclear’ threat to Iran, later retracted
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned Iran at the United Nations of a "nuclear threat" in what his...
As Derna reels, other flood-hit Libyan cities struggle to recover
As much of the world's attention has been focused on the port city of Derna since last week's flooding in...
Israel strikes Gaza after new border protests
The Israeli military said it hit three Hamas targets in Gaza Friday after new protests along the border sparked clashes...
Haiti crisis force finally gathers steam after UN talks
An international force for violence-plagued Haiti came closer to reality Friday after months of fruitless efforts, with the United States...
Blinken calls on India to cooperate on Canada killing probe
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on India Friday to cooperate with Canada and ensure "accountability" over the killing...
Crowdfunding conservation: A Pacific island’s plan to protect its waters
For a little under $150, you can now directly sponsor marine conservation across one square kilometer of the Pacific Ocean,...
Colombian armed group calls off ‘actions’ after bomb blasts
An armed group engaged in peace negotiations with the Colombian government on Friday announced an immediate cessation of all "offensive...
Gabon’s new PM tells UN military takeover ‘lesser evil’
Gabon's military-installed prime minister on Friday defended the takeover before the United Nations as a "lesser evil," saying the intervention...
Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief
With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned that...
Karabakh rebels hand in arms and negotiate withdrawal
Nagorno-Karabakh separatists were negotiating the end of their long struggle against Azerbaijani rule on Saturday, surrendering their weapons after a...
Pope set to draw Marseille crowds after pro-migrant plea
Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Pope Francis process through the streets and celebrate mass in the...
Xi to open biggest ever Asian Games, after a year’s delay
Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Asian Games open at a glittering ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, kickstarting a...
Australian protesters fight Indigenous rights reform
Hundreds of protesters rallied in Sydney on Saturday against a plan to adapt Australia's constitution to enshrine Indigenous rights, ahead...
Pope Francis says migrants ‘do not invade’ Europe
Pope Francis on Saturday hammered home his message that European governments must do more to care for migrants crossing the...
Global leaders convene in South Korea to advance institutional peace
Over 1,800 prominent figures from 121 nations, including delegates from the United States, the Philippines, Ukraine, South Africa, Pakistan, Thailand,...
Kenya urges quick UN green light of Haiti mission
Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday urged the United Nations to quickly authorize an international security mission to Haiti, which...
US govt contractor charged with spying for Ethiopia
A US government contractor who worked at the State and Justice departments has been arrested on charges of spying, reportedly...
King Charles’s France trip closing with climate focus
King Charles III on Friday puts the environment at the heart of the final day of his state visit to...
In war-scarred Iraqi city, food business gives women independence
Abir Jassem is busy preparing stuffed vegetables at a kitchen in Iraq's Mosul, where after years of unrest a women-run...
Arson turns Amazon reforestation project to ashes
It was supposed to be a good-news story out of the damaged Amazon rainforest: a project that replanted hundreds of...
Turkish President Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Meet in New York
One of the Most Significant Aspects of Erdogan's Trip to New York Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime...
Zimbabwe opposition faces wave of arrests after disputed vote
In the photo that got him arrested, Gift Ostallos Siziba is sporting wide sunglasses and the jersey of his favourite...
Pakistan national election to be held end January 2024
Pakistan will hold delayed national polls in January next year, the election commission announced Thursday, as the country grapples with...
16 killed in Burkina ‘terrorist’ attacks: local, security sources
Suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso have killed 16 civilians including four army auxiliaries, sources said Thursday, adding that around 12...
Israel fires on Syria targets from occupied Golan: AFP, army
Israeli tanks fired on Syrian targets from the occupied Golan Heights Thursday, an AFP photographer and the military said. The...
CAR leader blames West’s ‘plundering’ of Africa for migrant crisis
The head of the Central African Republic on Thursday accused the West of triggering a migration crisis by pillaging Africa's...
Diplomatic solution in Niger ‘still possible’: Senegal president
Senegalese President Macky Sall said Thursday a diplomatic solution in Niger was "still possible" nearly two months after a military...
Israel fires on Syria targets from occupied Golanby Jalaa Marey
Israeli tanks fired on Syrian targets from the occupied Golan Heights Thursday, an AFP photographer and the military said. The...
After China, India crisis tests ‘naive’ Canadian diplomacy
A diplomatic crisis bogging down Ottawa and New Delhi highlights Canada's lack of "seriousness" on national security as foreign countries...
Diplomatic challenges multiply for Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who once enjoyed enthusiastic support from his allies in the defense of Ukraine, is encountering more diplomatic...
Ethiopia’s Lalibela rocked by artillery fire: residents
The historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela was rocked by the sound of heavy artillery on Wednesday as federal government troops...
Pakistan says Canada row wake-up call on rival India
India's historic adversary Pakistan said Thursday that Western nations had failed to see the "reality" of New Delhi's right-wing leadership...
Rupert Murdoch, global media mogul and conservative kingmaker
Rupert Murdoch transformed media and politics on three continents, building a chain of newspapers he inherited from his father at...
‘Worse than war’: trauma of Libya flood haunts survivors
Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at the loss of...
DR Congo trial over shootings sparks questions, tension
Two weeks into a military trial over the killing of more than 50 civilians in eastern DR Congo, the circumstances...
UN aid deliveries resume via rebel-held Syria border crossing
UN aid for civilians on Tuesday entered rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey via the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, the first...
Syria’s Assad to visit China Thursday: office
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit China from Thursday, his office said, his first trip to the allied country since...
Burger replaces injured Malan in much-changed Namibia side
Center Danco Burger replaced the injured Le Roux Malan in one of nine changes to the Namibia side named by...
Britain backs probe into killing of Sikh leader in Canada
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Tuesday his government backs a Canadian investigation to determine whether India was involved in...
Belarus must not be Putin’s ‘consolation prize’: opposition leader
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya urged world leaders Tuesday not to neglect her isolated homeland, saying it should not...
Met returns two antiquities to Yemen, retains possession for now
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday announced it had transferred ownership of two antiquities to Yemen, but that the...
