BEIRUT, Lebanon- Two women fighters of a military council linked to the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in a Turkish drone strike Friday, their command said. Ankara routinely carries out drone strikes against targets in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria and neighbouring...
This picture taken on September 13, 2023 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 14 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (4th L) visitng the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur region. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS...
UNITED NATIONS, United States– The United Nations chief on Wednesday urged world leaders due to convene next week to save a planet in crisis as it grapples with climate change, war, inflation, inequality and other woes. "People are looking to their leaders for a way out of this mess,"...
This picture taken on September 13, 2023 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 14 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (front R) exchanging farewell greetings with Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front L) at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (4th L), Ron Perelman (5th L), former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (5th R) and current Mayor Eric Adams (4th R) hold a ribbon at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) opening press event and ribbon cutting ceremony on September 13, 2023 in New York....
A handout picture released by the press office of the Mexican Congress shows alleged bodies of two "non-human" beings exhibited at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City on September 12, 2023. The alleged bodies of two "non-human" beings were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico,...
BERLIN, Germany– Nine pieces of historic Chinese porcelain worth around a million euros ($1.1 million) were stolen from a museum in Cologne overnight, authorities in the German city said Wednesday. "Unknown persons" managed to break into the Museum of East Asian Art through a window and...
WASHINGTON, United States– The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station. "In some ways, it's been an incredible challenge. But in other ways, it's been an incredible...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo sits in the carriage of a high-speed railway train on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, Sept. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Qin) JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a ride Wednesday on the Jakarta-Bandung...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference held ahead of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xie E) UNITED NATIONS -- It is in the interest of everybody to have a...
British scientist Ian Wilmut, who died at the age of 79, and Dolly, the sheep he helped clone © / AFP/File PARIS, France– The British scientist who led the team that created Dolly the sheep, a breakthrough in cloning, has died at the age of 79, his former university said on Monday....
A flooded house is seen in Crystal River, Florida, on August 31, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Between January and August, the United States was struck by a record-breaking 23 weather and climate disasters where losses exceeded $1 billion in each case, official data showed on...
