Sydney, Australia - Australia has told China of its "outrage" over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. A Chinese paramilitary police officer (L) stands guard outside the Australian embassy in Beijing...
London, United Kingdom - Britain and France on Tuesday host 35 nations alongside business and technology firm leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle "hackers for hire" and the market for cyber attack tools. Representatives from firms including Apple, BAE Systems, Google and...
SEOUL, South Korea - Russia's deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko visited South Korea to discuss the Ukrainian war and bilateral ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the two countries trade increasingly heated rhetoric over the nuclear-armed North. This handout picture taken and...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile - Wildfires blazing across Chile have killed at least 51 people, leaving bodies in the street and homes gutted, with flames continuing to spread on Sunday and the toll expected to rise. TOPSHOT - Aerial view of the forest fire that affects the hills of the city of Viña...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States and Britain struck dozens of targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to repeated attacks on shipping by Iran-backed Huthi rebels that have disrupted global trade and put lives at risk. The joint air raids in Yemen come a day after a separate wave of...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Sunday the death toll from a Ukrainian strike on a bakery in the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk climbed to 28 people, including a child. This grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on February 3, 2024, shows rescuers clearing...
ROME, Italy - A convoy of tractors was poised Saturday to descend on Rome as farmers' protests caused disruptions across Europe, though they wound down in France following government concessions. Farmers have expressed anger at what they say are excessively restrictive regulations on agriculture...
BERLIN, Germany - Tens of thousands of people attended rallies across Germany against the far-right AfD party on Saturday, the latest wave of such protests over the past three weeks. Nearly 150,000 people turned out in Berlin according to police, some forming a human chain in front of parliament....
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the "terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world" and the rise in anti-Semitism since the war in Gaza erupted on October 7. "We, Catholics, are very concerned about the terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the...
Moscow, Russia - Russia has created more than half a million new jobs in its defense sector to meet soaring demand on the battlefield, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a...
Paris, France - The world needs to urgently start investing trillions of dollars in the green transition, the United Nations climate chief said on Friday, warning that finance was the "make-or-break" factor in the battle to curb global heating. Countries at last year's COP28 UN climate...
New Delhi, India - India's navy said Friday it had rescued 19 crew members aboard a fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia, the third such operation this week after a spate of attacks on shipping in the region. A distress call from the Iranian-flagged FV Omari was received on Wednesday and the...
