MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced, as Moscow courts allies abroad despite being isolated by the West over the Ukraine conflict. (L-R) Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Iran's Foreign...
PADUA, Italy- Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend, a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women. People attend the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend,...
AGAM, Indonesia- The death toll from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were discovered, a search and rescue agency official said Tuesday. TOPSHOT - Volcanic ash spews from Mount Marapi during an eruption as seen from Tanah Datar in West Sumatra on December 3,...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Six Thai hostages kidnapped and held for weeks in the Gaza Strip by Hamas arrived back in the kingdom on Monday, officials said. Tens of thousands of Thais were working in Israel, mostly in the agricultural sector, when Palestinian militants poured over the border on...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two people are dead and at least 10 are missing after flash floods and a landslide swept away dozens of houses and destroyed a hotel in an Indonesian village last week, a rescue official said Monday. The landslide and floods caused by torrential rain hit residential areas...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces are assaulting the industrial town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine from two new directions, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as Moscow expanded its bid to capture the near-encircled town. Collected anti-tank mines and explosives are detonated by the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Red Cross president arrived in war-torn Gaza on Monday, calling for the protection of civilians in the Palestinian territory, where she warned that human suffering was "intolerable." The International Committee of the Red Cross said ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric's...
TOKYO, Japan - US and Japanese rescuers found five bodies on Monday following the crash of an Osprey military aircraft last week off Japan with eight crew on board, the US military said. "Today (Monday), the combined Japanese and United States teams... had a breakthrough when their surface...
Pope Francis gestures during an audience to Members of the committee and the foundation World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 on November 30, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (AFP) VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis said Sunday that he was saddened the truce in the Gaza Strip had been broken...
SEOUL, South Korea– North Korea warned Saturday it would "destroy" US spy satellites if Washington tries "any attack" on its space asset, after Pyongyang launched its first military eye in the sky last week. A spokesman for the North's defence ministry said it would consider such a move...
SEOUL, South Korea– South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control. Seoul's reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates– Pope Francis called on leaders at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai Saturday to step up and "turn a corner" on saving the planet. "Let this COP be a turning point: let it demonstrate a clear and tangible political will, leading to an acceleration of the...
