Six dead, eight wounded in Ecuador gang shooting
Six people were killed and eight wounded Monday in an apparent gang shootout in Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador...
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France pledges financial aid to Tunisia to curb migrant flows
France announced on Monday nearly 26 million euros (around $28 million) in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow...
Rescue teams race to find submersible missing near Titanic wreck
The US Coast Guard said late Monday that its search for a missing submersible vessel near the Titanic wreck had...
‘Tough balancing act’: Chinese, German leaders hold talks
Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts Premier Li Qiang for talks on Tuesday, seeking to recalibrate cooperation between Germany and China after...
Afghan cook pours his heart into ‘teapot’ lamb stew
In the kitchen of his Kabul restaurant, one of the last cooks to master the Afghan culinary art of "chainaki"...
Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: study
Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change,...
Guard fatally stabbed outside Brazil embassy in Tunisia
An attacker fatally stabbed a security guard on Monday outside Brazil's embassy in Tunis before being shot and arrested, the...
Ex-Pakistan PM Khan gets bail extended again in graft case
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's bail on corruption charges was extended again Monday, after he urged supporters to take...
Thai election commission ratifies vote results
Thailand's Election Commission on Monday confirmed the results of last month's vote, in which the pro-democracy opposition trounced the army-backed...
Modi to talk tech, trade on US visit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the United States on Tuesday to meet with President Joe Biden and address...
Lab-grown human embryo models spark calls for regulation
Scientists have used stem cells to create structures that resemble human embryos in the lab, in a first that has...
Tensions high in DR Congo six months ahead of vote
Key elections are looming in DR Congo, where political tensions combined with a security crisis and economic woes are creating...
Sierra Leoneans to vote as economic crisis bites
Sierra Leoneans will vote in tense elections on Saturday, with President Julius Maada Bio hoping to secure a second term...
Celebrities to urge climate action at Hollywood gathering
Stars including Jane Fonda and the Oscar-winning directors of "Everything Everywhere All At Once" will urge the entertainment industry to...
3 people shot in 2 separate incidents in Bronx
Two separate incidents outside a NYCHA complex in the Bronx have resulted in three individuals being shot. According to a...
Rower ends EU tour to expose waterway pollution
An intrepid traveller completed on Sunday a solo rowing expedition from Warsaw to Paris through the rivers and canals of...
Uruguay abandons plan to melt, recast Nazi bronze
Uruguayan authorities are reversing plans to melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken Nazi ship and recast it...
Iheanacho grabs late winner as Nigeria qualify for Cup of Nations
Victor Osimhen scored twice and Kelechi Iheanacho snatched an added-time winner as Nigeria edged Sierra Leone 3-2 in an Africa...
Trotsky grandson, legacy defender, dies in Mexico
Leon Trotsky's grandson, who lived in Mexico with the Russian revolutionary at the time of his 1940 assassination, has died...
Blinken may meet Xi during final day of talks in Beijing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened talks with China's top envoy Monday and could potentially meet President Xi Jinping,...
Russia’s Navalny faces decades in prison in new trial
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is set to go on trial on Monday on charges of "extremism" that could keep...
Washington recruits dogs and cats in war on rodents
On a hot June night, revelers descend on Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood, a nightlife and dining hotspot in the US...
UN to finally adopt high seas treaty
The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas is due to be adopted Monday at the United Nations,...
UK lawmakers set to punish ex-PM Johnson for ‘Partygate lies’
British MPs vote Monday on a damning report that found ex-prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately lied to parliament about lockdown-breaking...
Asian markets fail to build on rally with eye on China policy
Markets saw a limp start Monday as traders turned more cautious after last week's rally, with eyes on China as...
Paris summit to push for global debt and climate reform
World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by...
Chinese premier in Germany as Western mistrust mounts
China's Premier Li Qiang will meet German leaders during a trip to Berlin on Monday, at a time when Beijing's...
Gambian Musician gives hope to African asylum seekers in Cyprus
Every week, the beat of African drums ricocheting through the streets of Nicosia allows Ibrahim Kamara to momentarily forget his...
Paris Air Show back with climate, defense in focus
The Paris Air Show opens Monday after a four-year break with the aerospace industry bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic...
Fear, grief after 41 dead in ‘brutal’ Uganda school attack
Grieving families buried their dead in western Uganda on Sunday while others searched desperately for missing loved ones after militants...
Swiss get behind net-zero climate law
The Swiss on Sunday backed a new climate bill aimed at steering their country of melting glaciers towards carbon neutrality...
NATO says peacekeepers ‘unwavering’ as Kosovo tensions flare
NATO on Sunday underlined the "unwavering" commitment of its KFOR peacekeeping force to its duties in Kosovo as tensions flare...
Iraq unveils ancient stone tablet returned by Italy
Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works to recover from abroad...
Armenian Resistance fighter joins France’s Pantheon greats
An Armenian poet and communist fighter in World War II will enter the Pantheon mausoleum and join an elite group...
Pakistan arrests 10 trafficking suspects after Greek boat tragedy
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek...
Macron envoy heads to Lebanon in bid to end crisis
President Emmanuel Macron's new special envoy for Lebanon heads to Beirut in the coming week as France seeks a new...
Pakistani migrant’s final call home foretold Greek tragedy
Before 21-year-old Pakistani Muhammad Akash boarded a rickety fishing trawler in Libya on a journey he hoped would take him...
Tunisia protesters demand ‘political’ prisoners’ freedom
Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia's main opposition coalition on Sunday rallied to demand freedom for about 20 detained personalities and...
South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine ‘war must be settled’
South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian...
Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifies
Sudan's warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly...
Goalkeeper howler sinks Morocco, Zambia run riot to qualify
A blunder by Morocco goalkeeper Munir el Kajoui led to a 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying defeat in South...
Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not school
Every day at dawn, 14-year-old Salim Mohammad leaves home to fetch water, trekking through his city in southwestern Yemen to...
Japan’s emperor arrives in Indonesia for first state visit
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday for their first state visit since...
Israelis keep up protests against halted judicial reforms
Israelis protested in Tel Aviv and other cities for a 24th straight week against the government's judicial reform plans, days...
Serbians hold mass protest against government
Tens of thousands of people protested against the government in the Serbian capital Saturday, the latest such rally since mass...
New truce between Sudan’s warring generals takes effect
A fresh ceasefire took effect in Sudan on Sunday after intense fighting that saw deadly air strikes in Khartoum and...
‘Not all cowards’: the ordinary Russians on trial over Ukraine criticism
It took about a year for authorities to close in on 51-year-old musician and environmental activist Alexander Bakhtin, one of...
Nepal to win ‘most matches’ at World Cup qualifier
In-form batsman-wicketkeeper Asaf Sheikh confidently predicted Nepal can "win most of their matches" and secure a maiden place at the...
Mitsotakis on course to return as Greek PM in new vote
After an inconclusive election in May, Greece returns to the ballot box next Sunday with conservative former prime minister Kyriakos...
Under-threat UK balti restaurants keep calm and curry on
They gave their name to an area of Britain's second city but Birmingham's celebrated balti restaurants are facing a battle...
Mali junta holds vote on new constitution
Malians go to the polls on Sunday to pass judgment on the governing junta's constitution, which has fueled speculation that...
US Secretary of State Blinken to visit China in effort to prevent conflict
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed his intentions to visit China and engage in diplomatic talks during a...
Mali urges immediate termination of mission, citing security challenges
Mali's Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, called on Friday for the United Nations Security Council to withdraw the peacekeeping mission in...
Putin declares end of “neo-colonialism” in international politics
President Vladimir Putin has declared the demise of "neo-colonialism" in international relations and lauded Russia's economic strategy amid strained ties...
Renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg passes away at 92
The family of Daniel Ellsberg has revealed that the famous whistleblower, known for leaking the classified "Pentagon Papers" during the...
Renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg passes away at 92
The family of Daniel Ellsberg has revealed that the famous whistleblower, known for leaking the classified "Pentagon Papers" during the...
Massive rallies precede Mali constitutional referendum in Bamako
Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of the proposed Malian constitution have took to the streets of the capital,...
DR Congo awaits new ID cards, ending decades of waiting
Congolese citizens have been anticipating the fulfillment of the government's promise to issue new ID cards, marking the first time...
President Luis announces transformation of Nazi bronze eagle into peace dove
Uruguay has declared its intention to melt down a bronze eagle, recovered from a sunken German destroyer dating back to...
Supreme Court of Canada upholds agreement allowing return of asylum seekers to US
Canada's Supreme Court has upheld an immigration agreement that enables authorities to prevent asylum seekers from entering the country if...
