WASHINGTON, United States - The United States launched fresh strikes against Yemen's Huthis on Thursday and President Joe Biden signaled they would keep going until the Iranian-backed rebels stop targeting ships in the Red Sea. The latest US attacks hit two anti-ship missiles that the Huthis...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden said Thursday that US and British military strikes against Yemen's Huthis would continue, because the Iran-backed rebels were still attacking shipping in the Red Sea. "When you say 'working, are they stopping the Huthi?' No. Are they going to...
MADRID, Spain - Israel has broken international law with its "relentless" bombardment of Gaza that has levelled neighbourhoods and killed thousands of Palestinians, a UN rights expert said Thursday. The comments by Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer who is the UN special rapporteur on the...
BANGKOK, Thailand– A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said. The record-breaking sentence comes after several years in which...
PARIS, France– France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Thursday rejected accusations in a television report that he used an anonymous Twitter account to share racist messages when he was a local elected official. The allegations against the 28-year-old president of the National...
GENEVA, Switzerland– Generative artificial intelligence could transform healthcare through things like drug development and more rapid diagnoses, but the World Health Organization stressed Thursday more attention should be paid to the risks. The WHO has been examining the potential...
A paramedic opens the rear door of an ambulance as police officers stand guard outside the London Clinic in London on January 18, 2024 where Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, underwent surgery. Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, is facing up to two weeks in hospital after undergoing...
Singapore's Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran (center) leaves the State Court in Singapore on January 18, 2024. (AFP) SINGAPORE -- Singapore's prime minister announced on Thursday the resignation of his transport chief after he was charged with...
People walk in the Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary in the snow in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 17, 2024. (Xinhua) BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Extreme weather conditions involving heavy snowfall and freezing rain hit many countries across Europe on Wednesday, causing flight cancellations and delays and...
HUMANITARIAN AID – Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after crossing the terminal border from Egypt, on January 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP) PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES --...
NEW DELHI, India - A leading Indian think tank confirmed Wednesday it had been banned from taking foreign funding, the latest organisation among foreign charities, rights watchdogs and others similarly targeted after criticising the government. The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is one of...
STRASBOURG, France - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said she was "confident" of getting Hungary to drop its veto on a 50-billion-euro ($54-billion) aid package for Ukraine at a crunch summit in two weeks. Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- Russia's closest EU ally...
