LONDON, United Kingdom - Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days. Passengers wait for news of Eurostar departures at St Pancras station in London on December 30, 2023, as...
WASHINGTON, United States - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan -- and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest -- is being revived. This US Air Force handout image shows an F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Faculty of Arts at Prague's Charles University, where a student killed 14 people earlier this month, said Friday it would remain closed until at least the end of January. It also said its students would not be required to take exams after the winter term ending on...
SEOUL, South Korea - A new reactor at North Korea's main nuclear facility will likely be fully operational by next summer, Seoul's defence minister said, a week after the UN atomic agency called it a "cause for concern". Shin Won-sik told local media Thursday that the new reactor...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan has banned New Year's Eve celebrations to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the government said late Thursday, urging people to instead "observe simplicity." In an evening televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said because...
Kyiv, Ukraine - Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war. Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were among the buildings hit in the...
PARIS, France - The French government said on Friday it will deploy more than 95,000 police and military personnel for New Year Eve's celebrations, adding that a heightened "terrorist threat" required tight security. Paris alone, where up to one million revellers are expected on the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - UN human rights chief Volker Turk condemned the deadly wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine on Friday and urged Moscow to cease the attacks "immediately." Russia launched drone and missile strikes, killing more than 18 people and wounding more than a hundred in one of...
BEIJING, China - A former vice-chairman of China's banking regulator has been sentenced to life imprisonment, state media reported Friday, the latest target in a crackdown on corruption in the second-largest economy's finance sector. Beijing launched a sprawling campaign to counter graft in...
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in a "defensive" exercise near the border with Guyana, in response to Britain sending a warship to the area. This handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency...
HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung, who once called for the city's independence and was the youngest person to be jailed under its national security law, said on Friday he would seek asylum in the United Kingdom. This photo taken on December 15, 2023 shows veteran politician...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US state of Maine on Thursday blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to disqualify him over his role in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. Former US President Donald Trump speaks to...
