KRASNOGORSK, Russia –Gunmen who opened fire at a Moscow concert hall killed more than 60 people and wounded over 100 while sparking an inferno, authorities said Saturday, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms entered the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy, asking for "time, space and privacy" as she completes her treatment. A woman in the village of Marsden, northern England, watches a recording of Britain's...
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Friday on the worsening health situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where cholera, measles, mpox, anthrax and plague are wreaking havoc. The health crisis is being exacerbated by violence, climate shocks,...
Jakarta, Indonesia - A magnitude-6.4 offshore earthquake hit near Indonesia's Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the tremor felt in the capital Jakarta and forcing residents of another city to flee their homes. The quake had a depth of approximately...
Kyiv, Ukraine - A Russian strike Friday severed one of two power lines supplying Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine as Moscow launched a major assault on energy infrastructure. "The enemy is now carrying out the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy industry in...
Meulaboh, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers said Friday they had ended the search for any more Rohingya refugees missing at sea after their boat capsized, despite reports from some of the 75 survivors that dozens more were swept away. "The search ended on Thursday. All Rohingya refugees...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Pope Francis has stripped a disgraced Belgian bishop of his title, which he retained for 14 years after admitting to years of child abuse, the Belgian Bishops' conference said on Thursday. Roger Vangheluwe, 87, resigned as bishop of Bruges in 2010 after acknowledging sex...
Paris, France - Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Thursday pledged to "hunt down" the people responsible for sending threats to at least 30 schools in the Paris region this week. France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (C), flanked by France's Minister for Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti (L),...
Moscow, Russia - Two students who tried to commit arson at a railway station in southwestern Russia have been sentenced to a combined 14 years' prison for "attempted sabotage", a court said Thursday. Russia has reported almost 200 acts of sabotage on its rail network since it sent...
Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico fears that a contentious Texas immigration law will lead to unjust harassment, detention, deportation and criminalization of its citizens, it told a US court on Thursday. The law, which is caught up in a legal back-and-forth in the United States, would allow...
KYIV, Ukraine - A top US official said Wednesday that Washington could not predict when a vital $60-billion military aid package for Ukraine would be passed in Congress, as Volodymyr Zelensky called for Western air defenses after a Russian missile attack killed at least five. US National...
PARIS, France - The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive massive social change. The fertility rate in half of all nations is already too low...
