TAIPEI, Taiwan- Tens of thousands of supporters flocked to noisy, colourful rallies for Taiwan's three main political parties on Friday, as the candidates made a last push for votes in an election that China has warned could take the island closer to war. TOPSHOT - Supporters of Lai Ching-te, the...
Palermo, Italy — A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019. (FILES) Rescued migrants rest and gesture on...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands- Israel said Friday it was not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people, as it hit back at what it called a "profoundly distorted" and "malevolent" genocide case against it at the UN's top court. A Palestinian man holds a portrait of late Palestine Liberation Organisation...
LONDON, United Kingdom— World-renowned British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been charged with child sexual offences, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday. Jan Latham-Koenig Latham-Koenig was the first British-born conductor to become artistic director of a Russian opera company,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Iran's navy seized a ship off Oman to retaliate for the "theft" of its oil from the same tanker last year by the United States, state media said Thursday. A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker St Nikolas was seized by the Iranian navy...
NEW YORK, United States - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday it is launching a safety probe into Boeing following last week's near-catastrophic incident on an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 MAX. This handout picture provided by the NTSB on January 8, 2024 shows the...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday replaced his foreign minister but maintained other key figures in their posts, in a reshuffle that tilted his cabinet to the right and leaves all the top ministries in the hands of men. TOPSHOT - (COMBO): This combination of files...
NEW YORK, United States- Donald Trump ignored warnings from the judge in his New York civil fraud trial Thursday and turned closing arguments into an election campaign attack, claiming that prosecutors are out to stop his political comeback. New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the...
WASHINGTON, United States- A US woman who faced a charge of abusing a corpse after she suffered a miscarriage will not be criminally indicted, a grand jury decided Thursday, US media reported. The unusual case, which sparked an outcry amid a nationwide row over abortion rights, began when Brittany...
WASHINGTON, United States- The United States and Britain struck Huthi rebels over the Iran-backed group's attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, US media reported Thursday, as witnesses reported air strikes in Yemeni cities. The strikes involved fighter jets and Tomahawk missiles, several US media...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico- Bullfighting will make a comeback in Mexico City this month after a legal tussle led to a more than one-year suspension at the world's largest bullring, organizers announced Thursday. TOPSHOT - View of the Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on January 11, 2024. The Supreme...
A Filipino couple died in a car accident in Michigan on Jan. 6. According to a report posted on GoFundMe at 1:30 a.m., Ryan and Jen Ambrosio perished after their car collided head-on with a stolen truck as they were heading home from a date night. The couple left behind their six children aged two...
