WASHINGTON, United States --Â A federal judge in Texas overturned the two-decade-old approval of a safe and effective abortion pill on Friday, the latest volley in a conservative battle against reproductive rights in the United States. If it stands, the ruling by a Donald Trump appointee would...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday showered attention on three Tennessee officials targeted for expulsion from the state legislature over their support for gun control, as the fracas escalated into a major national row over race and...
BEIJING, China --Â China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker. Dubbed "United Sharp Sword", the three-day operation -- which state media said...
PARIS, France - French prosecutors are seeking to try 14 people over the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist in 2020, a crime that shocked France, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday. The most serious charges -- complicity in a terrorist murder -- have been recommended...
BANGKOK, Thailand - A court in junta-ruled Myanmar jailed a high-profile Christian pastor for six years on Friday on charges of terrorism and illegal assembly, his lawyer said. Since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in February 2021, Myanmar's military has regularly...
ANKARA, Turkey - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow's exports remained. Negotiated in July by Turkey and the United Nations, the agreement allows Ukraine -- one of the world's top grain producers...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Fifteen of the EU's 27 member states are backing legal action by Brussels against Hungary over a law Budapest has passed that is deemed discriminatory against LGBT+ people. On Thursday, France and Germany added their names to the list supporting the lawsuit brought by the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A South African pilot who made an emergency landing after a venomous snake crawled into his seat was praised by the authorities Friday for "displaying impeccable bravery". Rudolf Erasmus was flying a small private aircraft with four passengers from Bloemfontein to...
KINSHASA, DR Congo - A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Friday sentenced six men to life in prison for  murdering Italy's ambassador in 2021. Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused calling them members...
JERSUALEM, Undefined - Two Israeli sisters were killed and their mother seriously wounded in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon following rocket fire by Palestinian militants. The broadening of the conflict since Israeli police...
SEOUL, South Korea - Seoul, Washington and Tokyo on Friday urged UN member states to repatriate North Koreans working overseas, claiming they continue to evade sanctions abroad to finance Pyongyang's unlawful weapons programme. North Korea was also engaged in "malicious cyber activities"...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday, Taipei said, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet...
