BRASÃLIA, Brazil - At least 25 people have been killed after a tourist bus collided with a truck in Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, state firefighters said Monday. "Military firefighters responded to an incident that left 25 dead" near the municipality of Gaviao, about 155 miles (250...
LYON, France - A pilot and a passenger dressed as Father Christmas heading for a children's party were killed Sunday when their plane crashed in central France, officials said. The men, aged 68 and 79, were taking part in a flight for their local aviation club. The small plane crashed less than two...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Tens of thousands of people gathered in southern Taiwan for "Super Sunday" rallies by three presidential candidates making a final weekend push before a crucial January 13 election. A giant screen shows Hou Yu-ih (C), presidential candidate from the main opposition Kuomintang...
PARIS, France- French President Emmanuel Macron could choose a new prime minister as soon as Monday, according to his entourage, as he seeks a new look for a widely criticised government. French President Emmanuel Macron/AFP The position of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has been tenuous ever since...
BERLIN, Germany- German train drivers will start a nationwide three-day strike from Wednesday after wage talks broke down, the GDL union said Sunday. The union, which called several strikes in 2023, said the Deutsche Bahn public train company had failed to come up with a "negotiable" offer to head...
A woman looks at wrecked homes hit by North Korea's 2010 shelling attack at a museum that displays materials related to the attack on Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024. When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and...
Police personnel detain a man allegedly spouting anti-government slogans at the National Mosque after Friday prayers ahead of the upcoming general elections in Dhaka on January 5, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP) DHAKA, Bangladesh– Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested seven...
A general view shows a village on Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024, a day after North Korea's shelling. When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and burned it to the ground in 2010, Jung Chang-kuan thought that war...
In this photograph taken on January 4, 2024, transgender candidate Anwara Islam Rani shakes hands with a man during a campaign event in Rangpur, ahead of Bangladesh's general election on January 7. A transgender candidate in Bangladesh's one-sided election has told AFP she is hopeful of an upset...
Fallen trees lie on a house in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 6, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. Rescuers sifted through rubble on January 6 as focus turned to recovering bodies rather than finding survivors five days after a huge...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK police said Friday that no investigation has been launched into Prince Andrew after an anti-monarchy group filed a complaint based on recently released US court documents detailing people linked to accused sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. A New York judge on Wednesday...
BERLIN, Germany - Four people died after a fire erupted at a hospital in the northern German town of Uelzen, local police said Friday, with the cause of the blaze still unknown. The fire, which occurred on Thursday night, also left "a double-digit number" of people injured, several of...
