The SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft will depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and return scientific research samples and hardware to Earth, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Monday. The spacecraft is scheduled undock from the ISS at...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A quarter of children around the world are set to live in poverty this year after Russia's war in Ukraine raised food and energy costs, a rights group warned on Monday. The KidsRights index, based on figures supplied by UN agencies, said children are also at risk from...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A 23-year-old who shot and killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado last year pleaded guilty on Monday and will spend the rest of their life in prison. Anderson Lee Aldrich, who identifies as non-binary, was facing more than 300 criminal counts...
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on June 25, 2023 shows Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) standing with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after signing an agreement in the capital Cairo. AFP CAIRO, Egypt -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Egypt's President...
Scotland's first minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Humza Yousaf delivers a speech during the Scottish National Party (SNP) independence conference in Dundee, Scotland on June 24, 2023. Andy Buchanan / AFP EDINBURGH, United Kingdom -- Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Britain's Prince William will launch Monday a new UK-wide initiative aiming to show that it is possible to end homelessness and make it "rare, brief, and unrepeated", Kensington Palace announced. William, 41, the heir to the throne, and his charitable Royal Foundation will...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US regulators said Sunday they are investigating an incident in which a Texas airport worker was killed after being sucked into a passenger plane engine. A Delta flight had arrived in San Antonio, Texas from Los Angeles on Friday night and was taxiing to the gate with...
Members of Wagner group prepare to pull out from the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to their base in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. Roman ROMOKHOV / AFP MOSCOW, Russia -- Wagner mercenaries headed back to their base on Sunday after Russia's President Vladimir Putin...
MOSCOW, Russia -- The leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner has agreed to go into exile in Belarus, the Kremlin said, after President Vladimir Putin was forced to accept an amnesty deal to halt a mutiny. The agreement appears to end the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin's private army...
Muslim worshippers and pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 24, 2023, as they arrive for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the...
A man waves the Russian national flag as the members of Wagner group prepare to pull out from the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to their base in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. STRINGER / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States and its allies held close...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab. In a declassified report, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said they had no information...
