US President Joe Biden WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden will hold the first three-way summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan, the White House said Monday, as the United States seeks to shore up alliances against China. Biden's meeting with Philippines...
FLOUR BAGS – A worker sorts flour bags during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza City on March 17, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP) PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES -- Fighting raged Monday in and around the besieged Gaza Strip's largest hospital...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Hundreds of residents of remote northern Australia have been left stranded after Tropical Cyclone Megan forced the suspension of evacuation efforts. Tropical Cyclone Megan made landfall in the northeast of Australia's Northern Territory (NT) on Monday afternoon as a...
LONDON, United Kingdom— Anti-poverty charity Oxfam on Monday accused Israel of intentionally preventing the delivery of aid into Gaza during its war with Hamas, in violation of international humanitarian law. This handout picture released by the Jordanian army on March 16, 2024, shows...
SEOUL, South Korea— North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, Seoul's military said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea to meet top officials and attend a democracy summit. Blinken is in Seoul for the third Summit for Democracy, an initiative of US President...
MOSCOW, Russia— Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Vladimir Putin (Photo from AFP) All of the 71-year old's major opponents are dead,...
MOSCOW, Russia–Queues formed outside Moscow polling stations on Sunday as some voters heeded a call by supporters of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to cast protest votes in Russia's presidential election. AFP reporters at two polling stations saw larger numbers of voters...
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he arrives for a Buckeye Values PAC rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his own...
This handout pictures courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken on March 14, 2024 shows shipping containers around the National Palace in Port-au-Prince. Haitians waited nervously March 15, 2024 for the naming of a transitional governing body that they hope will begin restoring stability to the country...
MOSCOW, Russia - Ukrainian bombardments killed two people and set an oil facility ablaze in Russia on Saturday, the second day of showpiece elections guaranteed to cement President Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. A view shows aftermath of fresh aerial attacks on Belgorod on March 16, 2024. (Photo...
Internally displaced Muslim devotees wait to break their fast at a courtyard during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gedaref on March 13, 2024. Sudan entered its second Ramadan in a row in the throes of a deadly war that has left much of the country gripped by the spectre of famine. More than...
This handout picture released by the Jordanian army on March 16, 2024, shows members of the Jordanian army aboard a German military aircraft preparing humanitarian aid parcels before an airdrop mission over the northern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas...
