TOKYO, Japan—Japan said it is joining other countries in suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees following Israeli charges that some UNRWA staff took part in Hamas's October 7 attack. (FILES) Palestinian refugees carry food aid they received from the United Nations...
ISTANBUL, Turkiye -- Two assailants launched an armed attack on an Italian church in Istanbul during a religious ceremony on Sunday, leaving one person dead, Turkey's interior minister said. The attack occurred at around 11:40 (0840 GMT) at the Santa Maria church in the Sariyer...
This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists from the collective dubbed "Riposte Alimentaire" (Food Retaliation) hurling soup at Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" (La Joconde) painting, at the Louvre museum in Paris, on January 28, 2024. (AFPTV/AFP) PARIS, France...
GUATEMALA City– A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Guatemala on Friday night, with officials reporting no casualties or material damage. The quake struck at 11:52 pm (0552 GMT), seven kilometers (four miles) from the town of Taxisco at a depth of 108 kilometers, according to the US...
China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (C) shakes hands with China's Ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun as he departs Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang on January 27, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP) SEOUL, South Korea–China's vice foreign minister met with North...
TAIPEI, Taiwan–More than 30 Chinese military aircraft were detected around Taiwan in a 24-hour window, Taipei's defence ministry said Saturday, marking the largest show of force around the island since it held crucial elections. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has...
A woman carries gallons of water to help to put out the forest fire in Nemocon, Colombia on January 26, 2024. Yesterday Colombia asked the member countries of the United Nations for help to extinguish around thirty forest fires that are ravaging several regions and drowning the capital, Bogota, in...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The UN's top court on Friday said Israel must do all it can to prevent genocide in its war with Hamas and allow aid into Gaza, as alarm has grown over Palestinians trapped by the conflict. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) also said Israel must facilitate...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU and US slammed Belarus Thursday for a series of political raids this week, as rights groups said more than 150 people were detained or interrogated by the KGB security service in a single day. Belarus, ruled by President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, has...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain and the United States on Thursday said they had imposed sanctions on key Huthi figures to protect maritime security in the Red Sea. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the restrictions "reinforce our clear message to the Huthis in recent weeks,"...
TOKYO, Japan - The cost of the damage wreaked by a huge New Year's Day earthquake that killed at least 236 people in central Japan could reach $17.6 billion, a government official said Friday. The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of Ishikawa prefecture on...
SEOUL, South Korea - China's vice foreign minister met his North Korean counterpart in Pyongyang on Friday, with the nuclear-armed state accelerating its weapons testing and threats toward Seoul in recent months. Beijing is North Korea's biggest economic benefactor and a traditional ally,...
