MOSCOW, Russia - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said he was "fine" after a "pretty exhausting" 20-day transfer to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle. Navalny's supporters said on Monday that the Kremlin critic, whose whereabouts had been unknown for more than two weeks,...
MEAUX, France - French police on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his wife and their four children, a prosecutor said. The bodies were discovered on Christmas Day, the latest in a series of shocking cases around Paris in recent...
MUMBAI, India - India's navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to "maintain a deterrent presence" after a string of recent shipping attacks. Three guided-missile destroyers as well as P8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft were being...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had destroyed a Russian fleet ship off the Crimean peninsula suspected of carrying drones for use in Moscow's war against Kyiv. "Around 2:30 am (0030 GMT) on December 26, tactical aviation of the Air Force attacked with cruise missiles the...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The death toll after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 18 with dozens still being treated in hospital, a police official said Tuesday. The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country's...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US military carried out strikes on three sites used by Iran-backed forces in Iraq on Monday after an attack wounded three American personnel earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Iraqi security personnel talk to each other while positioned above...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States. Sweden and Finland...
Just a few days before 2024, Caloocan Mayor Dale Gonzalo “Along” Malapitan on Tuesday, Dec. 26, urged the public to refrain from using illegal firecrackers to prevent injuries and fires especially in crowded areas. Malapitan said the city government has already issued its “Iwas Paputok”...
Three people were nabbed by operatives of the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) in separate anti-illegal drugs operations in the province during Christmas week. In Antipolo City, a certain "Joseph" was arrested around 1:50 a.m. on Dec. 26 in Barangay San Isidro. Authorities recovered from...
The Manila Police District (MPD) on Tuesday, Dec. 26, announced the arrest of three persons who sold and used illegal firecrackers in Paco and Tondo, Manila on Christmas Day. Police identified two of the suspects as Mavrick Bong Balila and Rody Guerrero. The two were nabbed after a concerned...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the celebration of Christmas in the city was generally peaceful and no major incident was reported as of Tuesday, Dec. 26. Photo from QCPD/MANILA BULLETIN The QCPD deployed a total of 1,827 personnel from the district headquarters and police...
VATRY, France - A plane with close to 300 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking took off Monday for Mumbai after being cleared for departure by French police. French customs officers stand next to a customs car with an Airbus A340 in the background which...
