PARIS, France - Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revellers were killed....
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - People aged 65 and older will outnumber under-15s in Europe by 2024, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning of new social, economic and health challenges. Europe is decades ahead of the global shift, which is expected to take place 60 years later, around 2064,...
AFP / MANILA BULLETIN VATICAN CITY, Holy See– Pope Francis has twice called the priest who leads Gaza's tiny Catholic community to offer his prayers following fighting sparked by a Hamas attack on Israel, the Vatican said Tuesday. "The pope called me a few minutes ago... he expressed...
(Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) BRUSSELS, Belgium–The US decision to step up military support for Israel after the surprise assault by Hamas will not harm Washington's ability to keep arming Ukraine, its NATO envoy said on Tuesday. "On the question of whether or not US support for Israel...
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (centre R) speaks next to US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (centre L) during a press roundtable with the Senate delegation at the residence of the US Ambassador to China in Beijing on October 10, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong / POOL / AFP)...
Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on October 10, 2023. Gaza's border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, was hit by an Israeli air strike on October 10, 2023 for the second time in 24 hours, witnesses and a rights group...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN- Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that democracy had thrived on the island despite increased Chinese pressure, and vowed that its people would remain "free for generations". China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, and has in recent years stepped up military and...
BAGO, MYANMAR- Residents of Myanmar's flood-hit Bago city salvaged food and belongings from their waterlogged homes on Tuesday after record rainfall triggered floods that authorities said have displaced 14,000 people. Local residents make their way through a flooded street after heavy rains in Bago...
BEIJING, CHINA -China announced Tuesday its Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure project had generated two trillion dollars in contracts around the world, equivalent in size to some of the world's biggest economies. A white paper from China's State Council also said countries participating in...
JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED - Palestinian militant group Hamas, which dragged off about 150 people in its surprise weekend assault on Israel, threatened to execute the hostages if Israeli air strikes continue "targeting" Gaza residents without warning. The threat came after Israel on Monday imposed a...
Labor supporters and members of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) Local 230 march along a picket line during a strike outside of the Stellantis Chrysler Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center in Ontario, California, on September 26, 2023. Citing a last-minute breakthrough in talks, the head of the...
View of the launch of the Spanish MIURA 1 rocket at Medano del Loro, in Mazagon, Spain, taken on October 7, 2023. The Spanish rocket PLD Space's MIURA 1 has been successfully launched, reaching the state of ingravity. It is the first private rocket to be launched in Europe and was developed...
