US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greet India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on arrival for a State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime...
PARIS, France -- The number of people suffering from diabetes worldwide will more than double to 1.3 billion by 2050 driven by structural racism and gaping inequality between countries, new research predicted on Friday. Every country on the globe will see an increase in the number of patients with...
This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible launching from a platform. Handout / OceanGate Expeditions / AFP BOSTON, United States -- All five people aboard a submersible missing near the wreck of the Titanic died -- likely in an instant -- after their vessel...
MOSCOW, Russia - A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects south Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant. Fighting has increased in occupied parts of Ukraine's south and east with the...
PARIS, France - A French research ship equipped with an unmanned robot able to search deep under water arrived near the wreck of the Titanic on Thursday to join a massive search and rescue operation for a missing submersible. With just hours of oxygen believed to be left for the five people...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Thursday that Ukrainian forces in eastern and southern Ukraine were temporarily limiting their efforts to reclaim Moscow-held territory, after Kyiv launched its highly anticipated counter-offensive. "After conducting active hostilities over the past 16 days and...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal on Thursday warned that his country's counter-offensive against invading Russian forces "will take time" but said he was "optimistic" about its success. Early this month, Kyiv's military launched its highly anticipated...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has declared June 20 of every year as National Refugee Day. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation No. 265 on June 20. The President said declaring a national day for...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi authorities announced on Wednesday plans to prosecute police and civil servants accused of torturing detainees under the administration of former prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi. The 14 alleged perpetrators, including nine police officers, were part of a cell known as...
Palestinian school girls mourn during the funeral of their classmate 15-year-old Sadil Naghnaghiya, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on June 21, 2023. AFP SHILO, Palestinian Territories -- Israelis and Palestinians held funerals Wednesday for teenagers killed in a shooting targeting Israelis and...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Swiss President Alain Berset announced Wednesday that he will quit the government at the end of 2023, in a surprise move after more than a decade of ministerial service. Berset, 51, said he would step down from Switzerland's Federal Council government at the end of year,...
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in eastern Tunisia on Wednesday, the state-owned SNCFT rail company said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight (2300 GMT) when a train operating between Tunis and...
