WASHINGTON, United States - Vice President Kamala Harris is to launch a nationwide tour to promote reproductive freedoms as Democrats seek to make abortion rights a centerpiece of the 2024 presidential campaign. Harris will kick off the tour in Wisconsin on January 22, the 51st anniversary of Roe...
ROME, Italy - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to take a "much more surgical, clinical and targeted approach" in dealing with Hamas. After talks with his Italian counterpart in Rome, Cameron said Britain was asking Israel to "recognise that they have to minimise...
NEW YORK, United States - The mayor of New York has said that the city is "very complicated" as its people could experience everything from the September 11 attacks to a new business opening. NY Mayor Eric Adams Eric Adams, who took office in 2022, made the unusual remarks when asked during a...
WASHINGTON, United States - Finland on Monday signed an agreement to enhance military cooperation with the United States, saying it saw a long-term threat from Russia, a day after its giant neighbor issued a warning over Helsinki's recent entrance into NATO. US Secretary of State Antony...
WASHINGTON, United States - The Republican governor of Texas signed a bill on Monday that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. Texas Army National Guard look on as migrants board a bus after surrendering to US Customs...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw this week's test launch of the country's most powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, which has the potential to reach the United States, state media said Tuesday. This undated picture released by North...
BEIJING, China - More than 100 people were killed in an overnight earthquake in China's northwest Gansu province, state media reported Tuesday. (Photo from X) Scores more were injured in the province after the strong, shallow earthquake struck, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Sunday deplored the death of two women in a Catholic parish in Gaza, where he said "defenceless civilians" were targeted by shootings and bombings. "I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza," he said at the end of the Angelus prayer. "A...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of "problems" with neighbouring Finland after it joined NATO earlier this year, saying Moscow will create a new military district in north-west Russia in response, in an interview published Sunday. Finland, which shares a 1,340 kilometre...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The emergency department at the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is "a blood bath" and is "in need of resuscitation", the WHO said Sunday. Palestinians transport bodies of victims following Israeli bombardment, on a donkey-drawn cart to...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Sunday that it had repelled two Russian missile and 20 drone attacks overnight, as Moscow reported downing 33 drones fired from Ukraine. "The Russian occupying forces attacked with the Iskander-K cruise missile, the Kh-59 guided air missile..., as well as 20 Shahed-type...
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway - Glaciologist Andrew Hodson used to collaborate with his Russian colleagues in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, but snowmobile excursions to see them have come to a halt since the war in Ukraine. Scientist Andrew Hodson is captured during an interview with AFP in his...
