A general view taken from the Israeli side of the border shows aid parcels being airdropped over the northern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2024. Belgium sent on March 4 a military transport plane to join an international operation to airdrop aid into Gaza also involving the United States, France and...
ROME, Italy– Judges in Padua ruled on Tuesday that children could have two mothers listed on their birth certificates, a victory for rights campaigners in Catholic-majority Italy. The court rebutted an order by the prosecutor's office for city authorities to retroactively remove...
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency President Vladimir Putin addressed the participants of the All-Russian Women's Forum in Moscow on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP) VIENNA, Austria– UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will head to...
This image grab from an AFPTV video shows Palestinians running toward parachutes attached to food parcels, airdropped from US aircrafts on a beach in the Gaza Strip on March 2, 2024. Israel's top ally the United States said it began air-dropping aid into war-ravaged Gaza on March 2, as the...
A line of electric vehicles of the model Y is pictured during the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" plant on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. Tesla halted production at its German factory on March 5, 2024 after assailants allegedly set fire to high-voltage lines...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—At least a dozen people died as gang members attacked the main prison in Haiti's capital, triggering a breakout by several thousand inmates, an AFP reporter and an NGO said Sunday. This screen grab taken from AFPTV shows tires on fire near the main prison of...
MELBOURNE, Australia—Leaders from Southeast Asian nations and Australia gathered in Melbourne on Monday are expected to denounce the "threat or use of force" to settle disputes in the region, a collective swipe at China. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (R) and Philippines' Foreign...
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called for the world to help Kyiv defeat "Russian evil" as the death toll from a drone strike on Odesa rose to 12, including five children. Rescuers clear debris from a multi-story building heavily damaged following a drone...
GENEVA, Switzerland—Swiss voters on Sunday overwhelmingly backed a proposal to increase pension payments, a move hailed as "historic" by backers at a time when the country's ageing population faces surging living expenses. President Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGS USS) Pierre-Yves...
BERLIN, Germany—Germany on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German army discussion on the Ukraine war, at a time when Berlin is under pressure to supply the Taurus missile to Kyiv. German Defence Minister Boris...
BRUSSELS, Belgium– Changes Apple is making to its services in the European Union "make a mockery" of new antitrust rules in the bloc, 34 digital organisations complained to the European Commission this week. They include app makers Epic Games and Spotify. "We are very concerned that...
Aerial view of Zocalo Square showing supporters at a rally of Mexican leftist presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum during the official start of her campaign in Mexico City on March 1, 2024. Campaigning officially began Friday for elections likely to produce Mexico's first woman president -- a...
