India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a press conference with Greek Prime Minister (unseen) at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- India's budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own...
Loch Ness -- considered the most voluminous lake in the United Kingdom -- is located in the Scotland Highlands. (Photo from VisitScotland website) DRUMNADROCHIT, United Kingdom -- The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in five decades takes place in the Scottish Highlands Saturday, as...
Pope Francis (Photo from AFP) VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis on Saturday denounced "disinformation" and fake news spread in an effort to influence public opinion as journalism's principal offence. "Disinformation is the first of the sins, the mistakes -- let's say -- of journalism,"...
LUCKNOW, India -- Indian authorities vowed Saturday to take action after a primary school teacher ordered her pupils to take turns slapping a Muslim classmate, with footage of the incident stoking outrage online. Rights groups say hate crimes and violence against India's large Muslim minority have...
President of China Xi Jinping attends the plenary session during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP) BEIJING , China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Xinjiang on Saturday, state...
GENEVA, Switzerland - A mysterious stash of 120 gold bars found on a Swiss train nearly four years ago has been given to the Red Cross, prosecutors said Friday, after failing to trace the owner. In October 2019, a train attendant found a package on a train travelling from St Gallen to...
COPENHAGEN - Denmark on Friday said it plans to ban Koran burnings after a string of desecrations of Islam's holy book in the Scandinavian nation sparked anger in Muslim countries. Denmark stepped up security earlier this month following the backlash, as did neighbouring Sweden which has also seen...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish police and customs officials on Friday announced the seizure of nearly 9.5 tonnes of cocaine from Ecuador, saying it marked Spain's biggest seizure to date. Spanish National Police and Customs officers hold some packages of cocaine totalizing 9,436 kilos, that were...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russian paramilitary fighters will have to swear an oath to the Russian flag, a presidential decree signed Friday stipulates, two days after the presumed death of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The measure is aimed at "forming the spiritual and moral foundations for the...
ATHENS, Greece - Greek firefighters struggled Friday to contain scores of wildfires stretching nationwide, as the week's death toll from the raging blazes rose to 21. The Greek fire brigade on Friday said they had found the body of a man in the same area in Evros, northern Greece, where...
Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan. (Photo from AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- Seawater samples taken following the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity levels well within safe limits, operator TEPCO said on Friday. The start on Thursday of the discharge of...
A Filipino seaman died after falling from the cruise ship he was working on while docked at the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland on Friday, Aug. 25. (Photo from Youtube) Scotland police identified the casualty as Wenceslao Esguerra Donasco. Initial investigation showed Donasco died after securing...
