This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / POOL / AFP)...
WASHINGTON, United States - Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a "big mistake," US President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Sunday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. US President Joe Biden (Photo from AFP) Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack...
AMMAN, Jordan - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was returning Monday to Israel after talks in six Arab states, hoping to coordinate efforts against Hamas while finding ways to alleviate Gaza's looming humanitarian crisis. This handout image provided by the UAE presidential court shows UAE's...
PARIS, France - France's president on Monday called for a "ruthless" government response to those with "terrorist ideologies", days after a teacher was stabbed to death in what he has called an act of "Islamist terror". People lay a bunch of flowers as they gather with local officials to pay...
QUITO, Ecuador - Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became Ecuador's youngest-ever president-elect, vowing to "restore peace" to a country ravaged by a bloody drug gang war. Ecuador's presidential candidate for the National Democratic Action...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip have led to an "unprecedented human catastrophe" in the Palestinian territory, the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Sunday. Bulldozers shift the rubble of a home destroyed following an Israeli attack on the...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Sunday that the policies and actions of Hamas "do not represent the Palestinian people", the news agency Wafa reported. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (Photo from AFP) The Palestinian Liberation Organisations (PLO) was the only...
WASHINGTON, United States -A US landlord was charged with murder and hate crimes Sunday after allegedly stabbing a Muslim woman and six-year-old boy dozens of times in an attack that police linked to the war between Israel and Hamas. The child, who was stabbed 26 times, died at hospital, but the...
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil - More than 1,000 people demonstrated along Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beach on Sunday against Hamas as the death toll continued to climb in the conflict between the militant group and Israel. People attend a rally in support of the people of Israel at Copacabana...
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...