NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 35 on Friday, with rescue operations underway to find one person still missing, a local official told AFP. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday plunged into the stepwell...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- A disruption at automated immigration clearance counters Friday led to rare delays at Singapore's Changi airport, affecting hundreds of travellers. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a Facebook post it was "experiencing slowness at selected passenger...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See – Pope Francis has bronchitis but is showing a "marked improvement" after being treated with antibiotics and could be discharged from hospital "in the coming days", medical staff said Thursday. The update, in a statement from the Vatican, came as the 86-year-old...
BRASILIA, Brazil – Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro returned home to Brazil Thursday from three months of self-imposed exile in the United States, vowing to be a fierce opponent to his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The far-right ex-army captain, who skipped town in the final hours of his...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- The Catholic Church took a fresh step Thursday in acknowledging abuse endured by Indigenous peoples with the Vatican formally rejecting 15th-century papal edicts that empowered Europeans to colonise non-Christian lands. During a trip to Canada last July, Pope Francis faced...
ANKARA, Türkiye -- Türkiye on Thursday became the final NATO nation to ratify Finland's membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country's accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
SAVINES-LE-LAC, France -- President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil over a deeply unpopular pensions reform. Dozens of protesters calling for him to resign gathered in the Alpine village of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- The UK will join 11 other countries in a major Asia-Pacific trade partnership, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Friday, in the country's biggest post-Brexit trade deal following nearly two years of talks. Britain will be the first new member since the creation of the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- On Thursday, Donald Trump became the first ever US president past or present to face criminal charges -- but the indictment over hush money paid to a porn star is far from the only legal peril dogging the ex-leader as he seeks a return to the White House. The rebellious...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned China Thursday its approach to Russia's war in Ukraine would determine ties, but said Europe was not looking to "decouple" from Beijing. The European Commission head will accompany French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing next week...
LILONGWE, Malawi - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi is slated to surpass 1,200 after authorities said Thursday hundreds of missing people would be declared dead as hopes of finding survivors fade. Freddy dumped six months' worth of rainfall on southern Malawi in six days earlier...
MOSCOW, Russia - A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday. The announcement marks a serious escalation in the Kremlin's efforts to silence perceived critics, a...
