WASHINGTON, United States -- Joe Biden will turn 81 on Monday with the traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, but don't expect him to mention the issue that has US voters in a flap. US President Joe Biden turns 81. (AFP) His birthday will turn an...
Argentine congressman and presidential candidate for La Libertad Avanza Alliance Javier Milei gestures after casting his vote at a polling station in Buenos Aires, during the presidential election runoff on November 19, 2023. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina --...
ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish cargo ship and its 12 crew are missing in a storm off the northwest coast of the country, Turkish authorities said Sunday. The Kafkametler vessel sent out a distress signal at 10:29 am (0729 GMT), according to a subdivision of the ministry of transport, which added that...
HODEIDA, Yemen - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels said on Sunday they had seized an Israeli ship in the Red Sea, a claim immediately denied by Israel. Yemenis march during a rally in support of Palestinians on November 18, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement...
PARIS, France - France is preparing to send its Dixmude helicopter carrier to the eastern Mediterranean to offer medical assistance in war-torn Gaza, the office of the French president said Sunday. The Dixmude will set sail "at the start of the week and arrive in Egypt in the coming days,"...
A man checks the damage inside a burned-out house, in the aftermath of an Israeli raid on the refugee camp of Balata, east of the occupied West Bank town of Nablus on November 19, 2023. Five fighters in the armed wing of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement were killed in a rare...
Police and officials stand at the entrance of the under construction road tunnel tha collapsed in Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 17, 2023, as resuce operations continue to reach the 40 men trapped inside the tunnel. Indian rescuers said on November 17 they had drilled...
Rescue workers gather at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 13, 2023. Rescue workers in northern India said on November 13 they had made contact with 40 workers trapped for over 24 hours after the road tunnel they were building...
MOSCOW, Russia– Russia has sent the first of its promised shipments of free grain to Africa, the country's agriculture minister said Friday. "The first two ships have already left Russian ports for Somalia and Burkina Faso. We expect them to arrive in late November to early December,"...
SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE– Singapore and Indonesia launched cross-border payment services Friday, the countries' central banks said, as part of a regional drive to boost connectivity. Customers of a dozen banks in Singapore and Indonesia will now be able to make payments to merchants in both...
HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT – US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. (AFP) SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- US President Joe Biden...
LONDON, United Kingdom - British newspaper The Guardian has removed from its website a 21-year-old message written by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, after it was shared several million times on social media. Bin Laden's "Letter to America" began being shared on TikTok on Tuesday, sparking a...
