MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian woman who says she is committed to peace on Wednesday declared her candidacy for the presidency, to which Vladimir Putin is expected to be comfortably re-elected next March. Yekaterina Duntsova, the 40-year-old independent politician who declared her intention to run...
WASHINGTON, United States - A 71-year-old man has been declared innocent in the US state of Oklahoma after spending nearly 50 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Glynn Simmons, who is Black, served more time behind bars before being exonerated than any other inmate in US history,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The UN Security Council on Thursday will try once again to pass a resolution calling for a halt in fighting between Israel and Hamas after previous efforts to win Washington's backing fell short. The empty Security Council Chamber is pictured at UN headquarters...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States released an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for 10 American detainees and a fugitive dubbed "Fat Leonard" in a sweeping prisoner swap deal between the rival governments Wednesday. Colombian businessman Alex Saab speaks next...
WATERLOO, United States - Former US president Donald Trump, who has come under sharp criticism for attacks on immigrants which some say hark back to Nazi philosophy, says he's never read Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf." Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump...
ROME, Italy - A Pakistani couple was sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court on Tuesday for the 2021 murder of their daughter after she refused an arranged marriage. Saman Abbas, 18, was living in Novellara near Bologna when she disappeared in May 2021, having rejected the previous year her...
NEW YORK, United States - Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict. The board, set up by Meta in 2020 as a supreme court of sorts for the social media titan, overturned two post removal...
MIAMI, United States - A US court on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for his role in the assassination of the Caribbean country's president Jovenel Moise in 2021. Clad in a brown prison uniform, handcuffed and with shackles around his ankles, Joseph Joel John, 52,...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - A UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war was postponed again Tuesday, as members wrangled over wording while aid efforts in the Gaza Strip neared collapse. Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (C), China's...
WASHINGTON, United States - Blue Origin launched its first rocket in more than a year on Tuesday, reviving the US company's fortunes with a successful return to space following an uncrewed crash in 2022. This screen grab taken from a Blue Origin broadcast shows the NS24 rocket blasting off from the...
LOS ANGELES, United States - An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021. Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump leaves...
PARIS, France - A French court on Tuesday sentenced the ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret to life in prison for her role in three murders by her former husband. (FILES) Monique Olivier, ex-wife of serial killer Michel Fourniret, sits in the courtroom during her trial at the assize court in...
