LONDON, United Kingdom - A UK interfaith coalition comprising religious, political and civic leaders, as well as grieving relatives of some of those killed in the Israel-Hamas war, held a vigil Sunday in London. Hundreds gathered mid-afternoon in wet and frigid conditions opposite Prime...
PADANG, Indonesia - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said. Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra, with a peak of 2,891 metres, is on the third-highest alert...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine said on Sunday a man had died in a Russian airstrike near the southern city of Kherson, adding it had downed 10 drones and a missile fired by Russia overnight. The 78-year-old man died on Sunday morning when the village of Sadove was bombarded, said the head of the regional...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis said on Sunday he was saddened the truce in the Gaza Strip had been broken and urged those involved to reach a new ceasefire deal as soon as possible. "There is so much suffering in Gaza," the pontiff said in Italian from his private residence, in remarks...
PADANG, Indonesia -- A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said. This handout picture taken and released on December 3, 2023 by Indonesia's National Disaster Agency shows...
MUNICH, Germany -- Flights resumed at Munich airport on Sunday, a day after they were suspended due to snowfall, but disruption to rail traffic in parts of southern Germany was set to continue. A display reading "Stadium is closed" is seen in Munich on December 2023, as the German first division...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- The UK's military will conduct surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate hostages held by Hamas since its October 7 attack on Israel, Britain's defence ministry confirmed at the weekend. Hamas fighters seized around 240 Israelis and foreign hostages, according to...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Moscow, is visiting China Sunday and Monday to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, the Belarusian presidency said. Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the High-Level Segment for Heads of State and...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Nine people, including two off-duty army personnel, were killed when gunmen opened fire on a bus travelling through northern Pakistan, causing it to crash into an oncoming truck and catch fire, officials said Sunday. The bus was attacked at around 6:30 pm local time (1330 GMT)...
PARIS, France -- French prosecutors have launched an investigation into a "terrorist plot" after a man known to the authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested. A forensic...
SOUL, South Korea -- The office operating North Korea's newly launched spy satellite will run as a military intelligence organisation, state media said Sunday. Pyongyang successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit last month and has since claimed it was providing images of major US and...
Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. An Israeli strike lights the sky above Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip as battles resumed...
