KYIV, Ukraine - Deadly strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine and a Russian border region Tuesday as an escalation of aerial attacks also wounded dozens and prompted Kyiv to urge speedier Western weapons shipments. TOPSHOT - Fire and burnt-out cars are seen after a missile strike in Kyiv on...
BÉZIERS, France - A rueful thief has returned a golden ornamental cockerel stolen in a French village, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, lifting the veil on its mysterious disappearance nearly 25 years ago. The iron-wrought painted cockerel was taken in April 1999 from the top of a outdoor Catholic...
NEWS YORK, United States - The president of Harvard University resigned Tuesday after coming under ferocious attack over plagiarism accusations and her response to anti-Semitism on campus amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. (FILES) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, testifies before the...
WAJIMA, Japan - Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people. Firefighters inspect collapsed wooden houses in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 2, 2024, a day after a...
TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, television reports said. The images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before an explosion of orange flames...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter. South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung is attended to after being attacked in Busan on January 2, 2024....
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer. Two boys prepare a statue of Jesus Christ after a procession on Good Friday in...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles region Monday as the New Year began, the US Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 19 km (12 miles) off the town of Rancho...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed to the eastern Mediterranean after the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas in October, will return to the United States "in the coming days," the Navy said Monday. A Israeli navy patrol boat sails in the Red Sea as...
BERLIN, Germany - German authorities on Monday extended the detention of two suspects over an alleged New Year's plot to attack the cathedral in Cologne, which prompted heightened security at the site. A police car stands in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, western Germany on...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a "cyber kidnapping" scam in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but "cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said. This handout photo released by the Riverdale Police...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish authorities on Saturday said they had arrested a French couple earlier in December for planning to "sacrifice" in the Sahara their five-year-old son, who they believed to be "possessed". The couple was arrested on December 21 in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras, as the...
