This handout photograph taken on June 5, 2023 and released by the Indian Ministry of Defence shows India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (R) and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) during their meeting in New Delhi. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- The United States and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US officials said Monday there were no survivors from the Virginia crash of a small plane carrying four people, a day after the unresponsive aircraft prompted the scrambling of fighter jets from Washington. The Cessna Citation slammed into mountainous terrain Sunday...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century when he testifies this week against a tabloid newspaper publisher. Harry, 38, is expected to take the witness stand at London's High Court in a trial considering...
A passenger looks out from a carriage of a long-distance train as it runs on the newly restored track at the accident site of a recent three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 5, 2023. (Punit PARANJPE /...
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) SYDNEY, Australia -- New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42,...
WASHINGTON, United States - Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace -- and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis reduced this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage...
WASHINGTON, United States - A top White House official on Friday will offer to maintain current nuclear weapons limits with Russia, while making the case for putting rising power China at the center of future arms control efforts. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will deliver a speech...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire around the state television building in the capital's...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia's security service has accused the United States of being behind a cyberattack on thousands of Apple devices as cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab said it discovered spyware on iPhones used by its staff. The FSB said on Thursday that the US National Security Agency was...
SINGAPORE, Singapore - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu spoke briefly on Friday in Singapore, the Pentagon said, after Beijing declined an invitation for a formal meeting. Austin and other US officials have been working to shore up alliances and...
Forensic experts work with several bags of human remains extracted from the bottom of a ravine by a helicopter, which were abandoned at the Mirador Escondido community in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico on May 31, 2023. ULISES RUIZ / AFP MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- At least 45 bags with human remains...
WASHINGTON, United States --Â US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury. Economists had warned the country could run out of...
