PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Egypt on Sunday hosted envoys for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the latest diplomatic effort as Gaza officials reported more deadly bombardment in the nearly five-month-old war. TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man holds a child as he mourns the death of twin...
PARIS, France - The Israeli military has said AI helps it more accurately target militants in its five-month war against Hamas, but as Gaza deaths rise, experts are questioning how effective algorithms can really be. This picture taken from Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Relatives of passengers on a Malaysia Airlines plane that mysteriously vanished 10 years ago pushed for a new search Sunday as they spoke of enduring grief and the struggle to find closure. A woman writes a message during an event held by relatives of the passengers and...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian authorities on Sunday said they had killed six suspected Islamic State group fighters in the southern Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. Special forces from the FSB security agency cornered the six people in a building in the town of Karabulak and...
ROME, Italy - An Italian navy destroyer shot down a drone that was approaching it in the Red Sea, where Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels are attacking shipping, the defence ministry said. This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on March 2, 2024 and dated March 1, shows the...
ANTALYA, Turkey - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will visit Turkey next week for talks about the Gaza war and reconciliation efforts between Palestinian factions, the Turkish foreign minister said on Sunday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (AFP) The visit comes as intensive diplomacy is...
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised Saturday a full investigation after a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was circulated on Russian social media, in a huge embarrassment for Berlin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) A German...
MOSCOW, Russia - Hundreds of Russians visited the grave of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, risking arrest to pay tribute to the anti-corruption campaigner for a second day running. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic for more than a decade, died in an...
WASHINGTON, Unites States - Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday will ring alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the West to rapidly deliver more air-defence systems as a wave of Russian missile, drone and artillery strikes killed at least 11 people. Eight were confirmed dead, including a child and a baby, after an overnight drone...
WASHINGTON, United States - Israel has broadly accepted a ceasefire deal with Hamas, a senior US official said Saturday, as the first American airdrops of humanitarian aid were carried out over war-ravaged Gaza. In this image grab from an AFPTV video, people carry food parcels that were air-dropped...
Washington, United States - US President Joe Biden said Friday he was "hoping" for a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but agreement was still not sealed. "I'm hoping so, we're still working real hard on it. We're not there yet," he told reporters...
