NEW DELHI, India - At least 13 people were killed and around 50 injured when two trains collided in southeast India, officials said on Monday, updating an earlier toll of eight. The accident occurred late Sunday after one of the passenger trains overshot a signal between the towns of Alamanda...
KATHMANDU, Nepal - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world Monday to "stop the madness" of climate change as he visited Himalayan regions struggling from rapidly melting glaciers to witness the devastating impact of the phenomenon. "The rooftops of the world are caving in,"...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's King Charles III was heading to Kenya on Monday, his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation, where he faces widespread calls for an apology for abuses committed during colonial rule. "The King and Queen (Camilla) are on their way to Kenya for a...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, said health officials in the occupied territory, as violence has escalated amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. The army said its forces encountered explosive devices in a raid on Jenin...
VILLERS-CORRETES, France - French President Emmanuel Macron looked to cement his legacy, and take on political opponents, with the inauguration on Monday of a monument to the French language deep in far-right heartland. Modern French presidents love a cultural "grand projet" -- an imposing...
MADRID, Spain - Two people were found dead on Monday during the rescue of a boat crammed with 209 migrants near the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, rescuers said. The bodies were discovered during the operation 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of Tenerife, Spanish rescuers said. The people...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said it had struck part of Russia's air defence system in annexed Crimea overnight, as Moscow said it repelled a major attempted missile strike on the peninsula on Monday. Kyiv has increased attacks on the Black Sea peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, since it...
BERLIN, Germany - At least three workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, with a fourth person believed trapped in the rubble, a fire brigade spokeswoman told AFP. The spokeswoman said a fifth labourer had been...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of playing a "key role" in an anti-Israel riot at an airport in the Muslim-majority region of Dagestan on Sunday. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), broke through doors and barriers at Makhachkala...
BANDUNG, Indonesia - A dozen Indonesians died and four were in critical condition after drinking illegal bootleg liquor, authorities said Monday, the latest deaths caused by home-made alcohol in the Muslim-majority country. Most Indonesians practise a moderate form of Islam and alcohol is...
PASSAU (AFP) -- Kalle Rovanpera sealed his second straight world rally title on Sunday, Oct. 29, with the young Finnish driver declaring: "I am going to enjoy this one more than the first." Finland's driver Kalle Rovanpera (L) and co-driver Jonne Halttunen of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT celebrate after...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories -- Israeli forces killed three Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surges across the territory during the ongoing war in Gaza. TOPSHOT - This image taken from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip...
