WARSAW, Poland - Polish opposition parties are tipped to win a parliamentary majority in Sunday's election that would end eight years of rule by the populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, according to exit polls. This combination of photos created and taken on October 15, 2023 during the...
CAIRO, Egypt - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has categorically rejected the idea floated of expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be able to stay as Israel battles Hamas. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (Photo from AFP) Blinken is on a crisis tour of the Middle...
QUITO, Ecuador - Polls closed in Ecuador Sunday with no reports of violence as both presidential candidates cast their votes in bulletproof vests just weeks after a rival was murdered. This combination of pictures created on October 15, 2023 shows Ecuador's presidential candidates Luisa...
JERUSALEM - More than one million people have fled their homes in Gaza in scenes of chaos and despair as Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled territory and continued massing troops Monday in preparation for a full-blown ground invasion. Peruvian President Dina Boluarte (3-L) disembarks with repatriated...
NEW YORK, United States–The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sharply scaled back its earnings outlook for the year, blaming lower-than-expected sales of two drugs used to treat Covid-19, the company said Friday. It now "anticipates full-year 2023 revenues to be in the range of $58.0 to...
BEIJING, China– Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to China next week to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping, forging even closer ties in a key strategic relationship in which experts say Moscow is increasingly the junior partner. Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries on...
AFP / MANILA BULLETIN GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories– Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas's attack on southern Israel one week ago have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian territory's Hamas-controlled health ministry said Saturday. Some...
A picture taken from the Israeli city of Sderot shows black dust and smoke ascending in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300...
An internally displaced Palestinian man sits with a child on a mattress on the ground as they take refuge in a United Nations school, in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern of Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023, as fighting between Israel and the Hamas movement continues for the eighth consecutive...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden– A Swedish court on Thursday convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred with a 2020 Koran burning, the first time the country's court system has tried the charge for desecrating Islam's holy book. The conviction comes after a wave of Koran burnings earlier this year...
Jeremy Lecerf, also known as Mr Gyzmo, tries out the new Playstation Access controller at a demonstration event in London on October 5, 2023. With large buttons arranged in a circle and a joystick on one side, Sony is launching a new PlayStation controller from December, designed to make gaming...
Israel's Iron Dome defence missile system is on alert, stationed close to the southern Israeli town of Sderot on October 12, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since...
