JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians vote in a presidential election Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the clear favourite after a campaign mixing nationalist rhetoric and pledges to continue the era of popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo. The former general lost to Widodo in 2014 and...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said it destroyed most of the 45 attack drones launched by Russia overnight, with little damage reported on Sunday morning. The announcement comes a day after authorities announced seven killed in a Russian attack that set a petrol station ablaze in Ukraine's second biggest...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working "tirelessly" to solve the Red Sea crisis, which is severely disrupting the global transport of goods, its head Arsenio Dominguez told AFP. Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Arsenio...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan police warned Sunday they would come down hard on illegal gatherings after the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan urged supporters to protest against alleged rigging in last week's election. Independent candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party,...
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Gaza's Hamas rulers warned on Saturday that Israel's planned army operation in overcrowded Rafah could cause "tens of thousands" of casualties in the city, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians. A Palestinian paramedic acting as a war casualty is carried on a...
WASHINGTON, United States - White House hopeful Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "encourage" Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial obligations, his most extreme broadside against the military alliance he has long expressed skepticism about. With US lawmakers...
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The Philippines has assured the international community that it will continue to undertake efforts against tobacco use in the country. Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Dominic Guevara stated that the Philippines will continue to engage constructive dialogues, collaboration and share its...
BUDAPEST, Hungary - A Hungarian bookshop has evaded a fine for violating a controversial LGBTQ law owing to a missing comma in the legislation. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government passed the law against "promoting" homosexuality to minors in 2021, drawing criticism at home and...
DIJON, France - Protesters hurled soup at a Monet painting on Saturday in a museum in southeast France, the latest action by a campaign group that pulled a similar stunt on the Mona Lisa last month. The Musee des Beaux-Arts in France's third largest city said in a communique that the attack on...
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian President Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, announced her resignation Saturday following outrage over a pardon granted to a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case. TOPSHOT - A handout picture shows Hungary's President Katalin Novak as she...
MADRID, Spain - Spain's civil guard on Saturday announced eight arrests after a drug traffickers' boat hit a patrol vessel and killed two officers during a chase. The civil guard arrested three of the boat's passengers following Friday's incident in the southern port of Barbate near Cadiz that also...
