BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU on Monday announced "formal infringement proceedings" against Elon Musk's X platform under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel. The action against the company formerly known as...
GENEVA, Switzerland - A United Nations rights expert said on Monday the "enforced disappearance" of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was alarming, and demanded that Moscow release him immediately. Navalny, 47, is President Vladimir Putin's main political opponent. His lawyers have been...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday on a new resolution calling for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities" in Gaza, as Washington exhibits growing impatience with key ally Israel. The vote comes days after the United States blocked...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday denounced "the effective destruction" of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of Gaza, adding that at least eight patients had died. A man inspects the damage in a room following Israeli bombardment at Nasser hospital in...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - At least 12 people were killed and another dozen were wounded in an attack early Sunday on a pre-Christmas party in central Mexico, authorities in the state of Guanajuato said. View of a ranch where 12 people were killed in an attack in Salvatierra, Guanajuato State, Mexico,...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, as the United States and South Korea warned any nuclear attack would lead to the end of Pyongyang's regime. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un "Our military detected a short-range ballistic...
DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Sunday said there was "no justification for violence" after a suspected criminal fire at a hotel set to host asylum seekers. Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (Photo from AFP) The blaze at the Ross Lake House hotel in Galway, West Ireland,...
MONTREAL, Canada–Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday. At the end of November, after...
Kyiv, Ukraine–The Ukrainian air force said Saturday that it had repelled a Russian drone attack overnight, shooting down 30 of 31 drones launched by Moscow. The attack targeted regions including the capital Kyiv, the southern region of Kherson as well as the western Khmelnytsky region....
Leaders from the ASEAN nations attend a dinner hosted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on December 16, 2023. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) TOKYO, Japan–Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See–A Vatican court delivers its verdict on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes. Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN ROME, Italy– Elon Musk claimed Saturday that advertisers were returning to X (formerly Twitter) after an exodus, at a Rome meeting where he also warned Italy's low birth rate could put off investors. The billionaire was a star guest at the Atreju political festival...
