JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Search dogs looked for bodies on Friday in a Johannesburg building that went up in flames killing dozens and forcing South Africa to confront an illegal housing "crisis". (Photo from AFP) At least 74 people including 12 children died as fire ripped through the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. (Photo from AFP) The claim came as Kyiv said police in the capital were responding...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile. (Photo from AFP) The move came a day after the billionaire ex-prime minister, 74,...
PARIS, France - Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse for green energy, in the first of a flurry of big meetings ahead of crunch UN talks. (Photo from AFP) With the world far adrift of its goal of slashing carbon emissions and...
This photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows people using umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from the heat while walking outside Shinjuku station, as temperatures of 35C-plus (95F) have scorched the Japanese capital Tokyo for weeks. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's summer...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia. Former US President Donald Trump (Photo from AFP) The Republican presidential frontrunner, who...
Pope Francis (C) greets a child as he attends a welcoming ceremony at the Apostolic Nunciature to Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Anand TUMURTOGOO / AFP) ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday for the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he...
Tourists stand in front of taped walkway entrance glass doors in Hong Kong on September 1, 2023, hours before the arrival of Typhoon Saola. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) HONG KONG , China -- Tens of millions of people across southern China hunkered down Friday as Super Typhoon Saola swept...
Singaporeans (background) arrive to vote at a polling station during the city-state's presidential election in Singapore on September 1, 2023. Singaporeans head to the polls September 1 in the city-state's first contested presidential election in more than a decade, a vote being closely watched as...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A Russian-German man arrested earlier this week in Cyprus was charged Thursday by US authorities with seeking to export American-made electronics to Russia for military use. The US Department of Justice said Arthur Petrov, 33, violated export controls in a scheme to...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden's administration moved Thursday to close loopholes that allow people to sell guns without a dealer license, which would require them to perform background checks on purchasers. The Justice Department released detailed rules that follow the...
Family members of Claude Amani, 32, allegedly killed by the army as he planned to demonstrate against the UN presence, mourn his death on the day after a military operation in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on August 31, 2023. At least 48 people have been killed and 168 arrested in a...
