Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) shake hands during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, Shaanxi province on May 18, 2023. (Mark CRISTINO / POOL / AFP) XIAN, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed a "new...
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (2nd-L) speaking with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) while Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) speaks with the Deputy Emir of Mecca Prince Badr bin Sultan bin...
Picture of the dried Canelon Grande reservoir and dam-bridge just north of Canelones, in southern Uruguay, taken on March 14, 2023, as the country goes through a severe drought. (Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are...
An aerial view shows farmers gathering pigs to transport them away from their flooded enclosure at a pig farm in the town of Lugo on May 18, 2023, after heavy rains caused flooding across Italy's northern Emilia Romagna region (Andreas SOLARO / AFP) LUGO, Italy -- The death toll from floods that...
US President Joe Biden (L) is greeted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their bilateral meeting in Hiroshima on May 18, 2023, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit. (Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP) HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The United States and its G7 allies rolled out new sanctions against Russia's...
WASHINGTON , United States | - - The United States and Taiwan have concluded negotiations on a trade agreement to deepen economic ties amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing . "This accomplishment represents an important step forward in strengthening the US-Taiwan economic...
FRANKFORT, South Africa - A South African town has been left fuming after a legal battle with a state-owned power utility forced its solar plant to dump desperately needed electricity in a country suffering a record energy crisis. Frankfort, a farming community of around 5,800 people located...
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinea will sign a security pact with the United States that gives American troops access to the Pacific nation's ports and airports, its leader said Thursday, as Washington jostles for influence in the region with Beijing. US President Joe Biden has...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Thursday African leaders would visit Moscow next month or early July under a peace initiative for the Ukraine conflict announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President...
N'DJAMENA, Chad - Eleven villagers in southern Chad have been killed by "bandits," in a region troubled by violence between herders and sedentary farmers, the military said on Thursday. The attack occurred on Wednesday, coinciding with an announcement by Chad that it had joined with...
LILONGWE, Malawi - Authorities in Malawi said on Thursday they had arrested more than 400 refugees and asylum-seekers in the capital who had refused to return to a camp outside the city. The ministry of homeland security said 408 people, including more than 100 children, were held during a...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Europe and the United States on Wednesday hailed a newly created "register of damage" for Ukraine as a first step to making Russia pay for its war. The instrument, created by the 46-nation Council of Europe, records claims of damage or loss, paving the way to a future...
