Kingston, Jamaica - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday promised another $133 million to support Haiti, saying the spiraling crisis showed the urgency of deploying a multinational force. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane upon departure from Norman Manley...
New York, United States - Dozens of Muslim worshippers gathered in New York's Times Square Sunday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, with some displaying Palestinian flags in solidarity with people in Gaza. They performed Taraweeh, special Ramadan night prayers, against the...
People take pictures of Kensington Palace in London on March 11, 2024. Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine faced pressure to explain how an official photo of the princess and their children had been altered, after AFP and other news agencies withdrew the image. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS...
Moscow, Russia - Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine. In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of...
London, United Kingdom - The UK government said Sunday that it would provide £117 million ($128 million) to bolster security at mosques and other Muslim sites including schools and community centers across the country over the next four years. The pledge by the Home Office comes amid a...
DIONS, France - French rescue workers were on Sunday searching for seven people, including two children, missing after violent storms swept the south of the country with most believed to have been swept away in cars on flooded bridges. The flooded Gardon river is seen following heavy rain over...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The death toll from flash flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 21, an official said Sunday, with six people still missing. Torrential rains on Thursday triggered the disaster in Pesisir Selatan regency in the West Sumatra province, with more...
KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian night-time strike on the east Ukrainian town of Myrnograd wounded at least 11 people, Kyiv said Sunday, while Moscow launched attack drones across the country. This handout photograph taken and released by Donetsk Region Prosecutor`s Office on March 10, 2024 shows a war...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Sunday offered his prayers for Haiti, where criminal gangs have unleashed havoc in recent days. "I am following with concern and pain the serious crisis affecting Haiti and the violent episodes that have occurred in recent days," the 87-year-old said after...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Officers arrested a man who crashed a car into the gates of London's Buckingham Palace over the weekend, police said on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said the car "collided with the gates" of the royal residence at 02:30 GMT on Saturday. Armed officers arrested the man at...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters. TOPSHOT - An injured journalist is helped...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has urged parties in the Ukraine war to "have the courage to negotiate", and do so "before things get worse", in an interview broadcast Saturday by Swiss television. The 87-year-old pontiff was asked by the public broadcaster RTS about a debate within Ukraine...
