BEIJING, China - China has reported no 'unusual or novel pathogens' in respiratory illnesses spreading in the north of the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Children receive a drip at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. The World Health Organization has asked on...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned Wednesday that the threat of the Gaza war spreading would grow unless a truce between Israel and Hamas lasts, in an interview as he visited Beirut. "If this ceasefire starts tomorrow, if it does not continue... the...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic authorities on Wednesday said they were considering pumping water onto any lava that spews out if a volcanic eruption threatens the evacuated town of Grindavik. Authorities would use the water to cool and divert the flow of lava to protect the fishing port of...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions -- the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang's spy satellite launch. (Photo from AFP) The angry statement from the nuclear-armed North's defence...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged China's population to "follow measures to reduce the risk of respiratory illness" and asked authorities for more information about a reported spike in cases among children in the north of the country. World Health...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said Thursday that five of its fighters, including the son of a senior lawmaker, had been killed, amid skirmishes at the Israel-Lebanon border since the Israel-Hamas war began. Abbas Raad, son of the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary...
PARIS, France -- Fifty-three journalists and media workers have been killed in the latest war between Israel and Hamas, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published Tuesday. The toll includes 46 Palestinians, four Israelis and three Lebanese killed since the...
STRASBOURG, France -- Reaching a compromise final accord at the COP28 climate conference which starts in Dubai next week will be "an uphill climb," the EU's climate commissioner said Tuesday. Wopke Hoekstra, in an interview with the European Newsroom which AFP is part of, said recent trips to...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he hoped European Union leaders would agree to open membership talks with Kyiv when they next meet at a summit in December. The European Commission recommended opening formal membership negotiations with Ukraine earlier this...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Covid-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. "This virus, SARS-CoV-2, is circulating in every country right now and it still poses a threat," WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove said. "We have...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions. TOPSHOT - Customers sit near a television showing a news broadcast...
TOKYO, Japan - North Korea has issued formal notice of a satellite launch as early as Wednesday, defying warnings from South Korea and multiple UN resolutions banning Pyongyang from using ballistic missile technology. This handout photo taken and released on November 20, 2023 by the South...
