VATRY, France - A plane with close to 300 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking took off Monday for Mumbai after being cleared for departure by French police. French customs officers stand next to a customs car with an Airbus A340 in the background which...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States expressed serious concern Monday about the detention of top Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who has been transferred to an Arctic prison, as it urged Moscow to end "escalating repression" of dissidents. Alexei Navalny The State Department...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Monday deplored the desperate humanitarian situation of Palestinians in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire and the freeing of hostages in his Christmas message. Pope Francis stands at the balcony of St. Peter's basilica to deliver the Christmas...
GENEVA, Switzerland - World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children. Palestinians collect food at a donation point in a refugee camp in...
MOSCOW, Russia - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown. Alexei Navalny Authorities transferred Russia's most prominent opposition politician to an...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed "great concern" about a Catholic parish in war-torn Gaza with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, his office said on Sunday. Macron spoke with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa by telephone on Saturday to discuss the "tragic situation" there...
VATRY, France - Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking. TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected "human trafficking" at...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian bombardment killed four people and injured nine over 24 hours in the frontline southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the region's governor said on Sunday. Russian forces fired 71 shells at Kherson from Saturday to Sunday morning, hitting the city centre, residential areas,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace...
KYIV. Ukraine - Many Ukrainians will on Monday celebrate Christmas Day on December 25 for the first time, after the government changed the date from the Orthodox Church observance of January 7 in a snub to Russia. Passengers walk along a platform decorated with a Christmas tree at a subway...
WASHINGTON, United States - Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing "America is back," the country's international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas. An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a...
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey launched air operations "against terrorist targets in the north of Syria and Iraq", its defence ministry said Saturday, after 12 of its soldiers were killed over two days. In a press release on its website, the ministry said "29 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters,...
