Japan condemns Russia nuclear threat on Hiroshima anniversary
Japan's prime minister hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of...
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Former Pakistan PM Khan arrested after court convicts him of graft
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested at his home in Lahore on Saturday after a court in the...
Pope presides Way of Cross ceremony at youth festival
Pope Francis presided over a Way of the Cross reenactment at a Lisbon park on Friday before hundreds of thousands...
US ‘pausing’ some assistance programs to Niger government: Blinken
The United States is suspending some aid programs to the Niger government, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday, more...
Lula to host S.American summit on saving the Amazon
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will host a regional summit next week with planetary stakes, as leaders of...
Saudi dives into Ukraine peace push with Jeddah talks
Saudi Arabia was set to host talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic...
Trump, in friendly US south, calls indictment ‘ridiculous’
Former president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday, dismissing the...
Pope heads to Portugal’s Fatima shrine
Pope Francis will make a lightning visit to the shrine of Fatima in central Portugal on Saturday as part of...
China’s village basketball league a slam dunk
Thousands of raucous Chinese basketball fans pack tightly into a floodlit stadium filled with swirling fog, eager to spur on...
US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree
American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea Saturday citing scorching temperatures, as organizers...
Ukraine drone attack damages Russian tanker in Kerch Strait
A Russian tanker was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kerch Strait, briefly halting traffic on the strategic...
18 dead as Mexican bus carrying foreign migrants crashes
At least 18 people were killed and at least 23 injured Thursday when a bus carrying foreign migrants and locals...
US aims to deploy troops on tankers to deter seizures by Iran
The United States is preparing to deploy Marines and Navy personnel aboard commercial tankers transiting the Gulf as part of...
Niger ambassador to US warns coup could destabilize region
Niger's junta must "come to reason" and return power to ousted President Mohamed Bazoum before the country and the wider...
US police drop Cardi B mic throw probe
Cardi B will not face criminal charges over an incident in which she threw her microphone at a member of...
Asylum ‘ban’ at US southern border can stay: court
A de facto ban on claiming asylum at the US southern border implemented in May in an effort to stem...
Stock markets diverge on mixed US jobs data
Stock markets diverged on Friday, with US stocks pushing higher after positive earnings and a tepid jobs report that could...
Alexei Navalny: Russia’s opposition leader behind bars
Russia gives few glimpses nowadays of Alexei Navalny, an opposition icon who leveraged social media and fatigue with the Kremlin...
Lebanon marks 3 years since catastrophic Beirut blast
Lebanon on Friday marks three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut. Yet nobody has been held...
‘Happy mothers’: S. Korean couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korea has spent billions of dollars on policies to boost its birth rate. But when Kim Kyu-jin and her...
Mosques shut after religious riots near India’s capital
Most mosques were shut for Friday prayers in an important business hub on the outskirts of India's capital after six...
India’s ‘lost tribe’ of Israel hit hard by deadly violence
A "lost tribe" of Israel in northeast India has been swept up in months of deadly ethnic violence, with at...
India’s top court suspends Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction
India's top court on Friday suspended the defamation conviction of Rahul Gandhi, a decision that could pave the way for...
Ukrainians find ‘bit of peace’ at Catholic youth festival
At a global Catholic youth festival in Lisbon, Olena Shevchuk said she is getting a welcome break from the pain...
Romania court lifts Andrew Tate’s house arrest order
A Romanian court Friday lifted a house arrest order on controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother as the men...
Armenia funnels US cars to Russia, in sanctions’ evasion
A kilometres-long caravan of trailers loaded with used cars meanders on a dusty road leading to a customs terminal in...
Palestinians bury West Bank teen killed by Israel
Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday for the funeral of a Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli forces in the occupied...
Ex-ally sues Monaco’s ruler in ‘Rock Files’ scandal
A former confidant of Monaco's ruler Prince Albert II is suing the monarch in an unprecedented and potentially damaging court...
India’s Supreme Court suspends Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction
India's Supreme Court has granted opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi relief by suspending his conviction in a defamation case....
China floods threaten downstream cities as thousands evacuated amidst devastating Storms
In the wake of Typhoon Doksuri's remnants passing through Beijing, China, the country faces severe floods and heavy rainfall, endangering...
ECOWAS delegation leaves Niger without meeting junta leader
A delegation representing the West African bloc, ECOWAS, departed Niger after failing to meet with coup leader General Abdourahmane Tiani,...
Ukrainian drone attack damages Russian warship at Black Sea port of Novorossiysk
Ukrainian sea drones have launched an attack on a navy base in Novorossiysk, one of Russia's largest Black Sea ports....
Not ‘godless’: Indonesian native faith followers fight for recognition
As 81-year-old Subrata listened to a gong echo during a celebration of his ancient Indonesian Indigenous faith, he betrayed little...
Turkish inflation ticks up in July at 47.83 percent
Turkey's annual inflation climbed in July to 47.83 percent, up sharply from 38.2 percent, official data showed on Thursday, a...
Pope tells youths to tackle climate crisis, poverty
Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, calling for...
Macron suffers new Africa setback with Niger coup
The coup in Niger represents a major setback for French President Emmanuel Macron, raising questions about France's military presence in...
Gaza open-air cinema a breath of fresh air for Palestinians
Gaza residents took their seats in front of a large projector screen set up on a sandy beach, a rare...
Nigerian workers suspend strike over cost of living crisis
Nigerian workers have suspended a nationwide strike over the rising cost of living following the removal of a petrol subsidy...
Nigeria turning the screw on Niger coup leaders
Nigeria, leader of a key west African bloc and a continental economic powerhouse, has intensified its efforts to reverse the...
DR Congo’s ‘voodoo wrestling’ provides spellbinding fun
There has been a power cut, and under moonlight in a poor quarter of DR Congo's capital, wrestler Maitresse Libondans...
Taiwan FM says conflict with China would have ‘disastrous results’
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would have "disastrous results" for the world, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told AFP in an...
Death toll in religious riots near India’s capital rises to 6
Riot police were patrolling urban neighborhoods near India's capital on Wednesday following a second night of sectarian riots that have...
Death toll in religious riots near India’s capital rises to 6
Riot police were patrolling urban neighborhoods near India's capital on Wednesday following a second night of sectarian riots that have...
Kuwait’s scorching summers a warning for heating planet
As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style...
Mud-struck German heavy metal bash slashes attendance
The world's biggest heavy metal music festival starting in northern Germany on Wednesday was forced to cap attendance after heavy...
Romania Black Sea port braces for more Ukrainian grain
At the deepest berth of the Black Sea in the Romanian port of Constanta, the belly of a massive cargo...
Nigerian workers strike over cost of living crisis
Nigerian workers across numerous sectors went on strike Wednesday over the rising cost of living following the removal of a...
Heaviest animal ever: Scientists discover massive ancient whale
Look out, blue whale -- there's a new contender for your heavyweight title. A newly discovered whale that lived nearly...
Soaring hunger in Sudan as nearly 4 million displaced: UN
The UN sounded the alarm Wednesday of impending famine in Sudan, where months of war have hit food supplies and...
Senegal suspends TikTok after unrest
Senegal on Wednesday suspended TikTok, saying the video-sharing platform had been used to fan violence sparked by the detention of...
Russian reporter loses appeal against 22-year jail term
Russia's supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by prominent investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for...
Grave fears for missing women, girls in war-torn Sudan
Desperate to check on her elderly mother amid the chaos of Sudan's war, Amal Hassan left her family home in...
What’s next after Tunisia’s Saied sacked his PM?
Tunisian President Kais Saied fired his prime minister Najla Bouden without explanation late Tuesday. Why did he do this, and...
US 2018 synagogue shooter sentenced to death
An American truck driver was sentenced to death on Wednesday for massacring 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the...
Indictment puts Trump and democracy on trial
Donald Trump's historic indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election paints a picture of a former president so determined...
As Trump faces indictment heat, Biden chills beachside
"It was compelling," Joe Biden offered Tuesday after Donald Trump's indictment. But the US president was referring to a film...
South Africa make Women’s World Cup history with last-gasp win over Italy
South Africa made Women's World Cup history in a dramatic victory over Italy, securing a spot in the last-16 round...
Iran’s IRGC conducts military drills on disputed islands amid tensions with UAE, international allies
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently conducted unannounced military exercises on three disputed islands in the Gulf, which are...
Typhoon Khanun ravages Okinawa, Japan: one dead, flights grounded, power outages reported
Typhoon Khanun has unleashed its fury on Japan's Okinawa region, leaving destruction in its wake. The slow-moving typhoon, described as...
