KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a store belonging to a Malaysian chain that had offered socks bearing the word "Allah" for sale, police said on Saturday. The incident came days after the mini-market chain's executives were charged with hurting religious feelings over...
EDE, Netherlands - A hostage drama in the Netherlands that lasted several hours on Saturday ended without bloodshed as all hostages were freed and police took the suspect into custody. Authorities have said there was no reason to suspect a "terrorist motive" for the ordeal, which took place at...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine warned Friday that Russian air attacks were putting its electricity supply under "increasing threat", hours after strikes damaged power stations and killed at least one person. This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on March 28, 2024,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - When same-sex marriages became legal in England and Wales 10 years ago on Friday, Britons Neil Allard and Andrew Wale could not have tied the knot any quicker. The couple, now in their 50s, got hitched at midnight on March 29, 2014, the very moment the historic Marriage...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan is preparing to resume funding to the UN's crisis-hit Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, the government said. Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (R) and UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini (L) pose for photographs prior...
BALTIMORE, United States - Cranes began arriving Thursday at the scene of the catastrophic bridge collapse over Baltimore harbor, as authorities shifted to a clean-up phase of the recovery and warned of extensive work before the major US port can reopen. This handout screegrab courtesy of the...
SEOUL, South Korea - Russia faced a mounting backlash Friday after using its veto power to effectively end official UN monitoring of sanctions on North Korea amid a probe into alleged arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang. Russia's UN Security Council veto on Thursday blocked the renewal of...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania said on Friday that it has found possible drone fragments near its border with war-torn Ukraine. Drone fragments have already been found in the NATO member since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heavy bombardments of its Danube port infrastructure. The latest pieces...
PARIS, France - The French government has said it is "seriously" studying the option of building a plant to convert and enrich reprocessed uranium to cut its reliance on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The only plant in the world that currently converts reprocessed uranium for use in...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday. It would be the first White House meeting between the two leaders. The Biden administration in January approved $23 billion in F-16...
New York, United States - Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries. A copy of the 19th-century book "Des Destinées de l'Ame" -- or Destinies of the Soul, a meditation on life...
Athens, Greece - Greece's conservative government survived a censure motion in parliament on Thursday that was lodged over claims it had tried to manipulate an investigation into the deadly train collision that rocked the country last year. The no-confidence motion was defeated,...
