General Election Commission (KPU) officials conduct a national recapitulation of the election results at KPU office in Jakarta on February 15, 2924, a day after Indonesia held its presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) JAKARTA, Indonesia– Indonesian Defence...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into force a law allowing authorities to confiscate assets from those convicted of speaking out against the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive. Moscow has banned criticism of its grinding offensive and harshly punishes those...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide that rolled over their open pit. Turkish state media also reported the arrest of four people, including the pit's field manager,...
MOSCOW, Russia - Former US president Donald Trump's complaints about some NATO allies not spending two percent of their GDP on defence are "nothing new", the Kremlin said Wednesday. The 2024 presidential candidate drew fierce criticism from US President Joe Biden after he suggested he would...
SOFIA, Bulgaria - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on a visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday urged members of the US Congress to "do the right thing" and approve a Ukraine aid package. The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday blocked war aid for Ukraine, ignoring...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's new army chief said Wednesday the situation on the front line was "extremely difficult" as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv's troops can hold out. The 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line has barely moved in more than a year,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Republicans impeached US President Joe Biden's immigration chief on Tuesday, the culmination of months of attacks on the Democratic administration as they seek to make border security a key issue in November's election. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...
TIMIKA, Indonesia—Indonesians began voting for a new president Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner despite concerns over his human rights record and claims of improper support from outgoing leader Joko Widodo. People register to cast their ballots and vote in...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan's two main political parties that joined forces to oust Imran Khan as prime minister in 2022 said Tuesday they would form a new coalition to rule the country, after an election last week failed to produce a decisive winner. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman...
WARSAW, Poland—A Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad last week has been released following a joint operation between French and Chadian forces, authorities said on Tuesday. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski Aleksandra Kuligowska, a volunteer at a hospital run by the Caritas...
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Hundreds of Turkish rescuers on Tuesday searched through a cyanide-laced field for nine gold mine workers who were swallowed by a massive landslide that rolled over their open pit. This handout photograph taken and released on February 13, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA...
This photo taken on February 2, 2024 shows Lu Yu, head of Product Management and Operations of Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, showing a virtual girlfriend profile on her phone, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Twenty-five-year-old Chinese...
