SARAJEVO, Bosnia And Herzegovina - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Monday of Russia's "malign" interference in Bosnia, saying Moscow's actions threatened the stability of the deeply divided Balkan country. Nearly 30 years after the end of its civil war, Bosnia remains...
BEIJING, China - Beijing on Monday warned Canberra against making "reckless and irresponsible accusations against China" after Australia said sonar pulses emitted by a Chinese warship "likely" injured its navy divers. "We urge the Australian side to respect the facts, stop making reckless and...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish helicopters Monday scoured the Black Sea in search of 11 sailors who went missing when their ship sank in heavy storms that killed at least nine people. The Kafkametler cargo vessel sank with 12 crew on board after hitting a breakwater Sunday while trying to seek...
DEHRADUN, India - Indian rescuers were battling Monday to free 41 men trapped in a road tunnel for nine days, as they prepared to dig an entirely new shaft after previous efforts failed. Excavators have been removing earth, concrete and rubble from the under-construction tunnel in the northern...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday expressed "deep concern" to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, the Elysee said. Macron and Xi spoke by phone ahead of a visit to China by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna. "We...
BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Israel-Hamas war in a phone call on Monday, agreeing "to avoid a more serious humanitarian crisis", Beijing's state media reported. "The two heads of state exchanged views on the...
CAIRO, Egypt - Twenty-nine premature babies arrived in Egypt on Monday, Egyptian media said, after they were evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital which has become a focal point of Israel's war with Hamas. The infants were evacuated Sunday from the Al-Shifa hospital, which the World Health...
KYIV, Ukraine - US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday, in a bid to stem Kyiv's concerns that support from its biggest ally could waver. The United States has provided over $40 billion of security aid to Ukraine since Russia's invasion and pledged to...
PARIS, France - The global average temperature on Friday was more than two degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels for the first time on record, Europe's Copernicus climate monitor said Monday. Months of extraordinary heat is expected to make 2023 the hottest year in history, with...
A Palestinian medic cares for premature babies evacuated from Al Shifa hospital to the Emirates hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 19, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP) RAFAH, Palestinian Territories -- Palestinian...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former president Jimmy Carter, died Sunday at 96 at the couple's home in the southern state of Georgia, their nonprofit organization announced. Former US president Jimmy Carter receives a kiss from his wife...
WASHINGTON, United States -- If either Joe Biden or Donald Trump prevails in the November 2024 US elections, the next president will be the oldest in history to take the oath of office. Donald Trump (AFP) But while Biden's age and public slips and stumbles have been more widely scrutinized...
