WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand police said on Wednesday they had recovered the body of a teen killed during a "tragic" school caving trip that is now the subject of a comprehensive investigation. The teen was visiting the popular Abbey Caves complex north of Auckland on Tuesday when his...
HOUSTON, United States -- A 14-year-old girl was shot and wounded over the weekend while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana, police said -- the latest in a tragic series of similar US shootings. The incident occurred on Sunday in the town of Starks, near the southern US state's border with Texas,...
In this file photograph taken on November 30, 2016, a Nepalese woman wearing an AIDS awareness ribbon takes part in an event to mark the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) PARIS, France -- Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting...
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian nations said Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar, and condemned a recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country. Turmoil in junta-ruled Myanmar has dominated talks at this week's...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed Russia would be victorious in Ukraine during a military parade on Red Square and blamed Western countries for the conflict, comparing the fighting to World War II. But his defiant address was overshadowed by scathing comments from...
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia - Southeast Asian nations are at a "crossroad", a senior Indonesian minister warned Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit. Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's...
WARSAW, Poland - Russia's ambassador to Poland was blocked by activists from laying flowers at a Soviet memorial in Warsaw on Tuesday, the day Russia celebrates Victory Day over Nazi Germany in World War II. Several dozen activists also unveiled an art installation at the entrance, comprising...
ORIKHIV, Ukraine - While having her daily lunch at a canteen in a shelter near Ukraine's southern front, Galyna Peleshko said Russian bombing has intensified in recent weeks with air strikes and artillery. The front line lies just seven kilometres from the 71-year-old's hometown of Orikhiv --...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Israel told a UN meeting Tuesday it was justified in carrying out deadly strikes on Gaza, even as its overall human rights record met resounding criticism from dozens of countries. Following the pre-dawn strikes that killed 13 people, including several children, a...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year. His arrest follows months of political crisis and comes hours after the powerful military rebuked the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that Iran has executed a "frighteningly" high number of people this year, rising to more than ten per week on average. At least 209 people were executed in the country since January 1, primarily for drug-related offences,...
OSLO, Norway - Norway's National Security Authority warned Tuesday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown that the country's undersea oil and gas infrastructure could be vulnerable to sabotage and requires measures to protect it. The assessment comes seven months after the Nord Stream...
