A serviceman of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine fires Giatsint-B gun towards Russian positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's military intelligence agency and the Pentagon said Monday that some...
This photo provided on Monday Dec. 16, 2024 by the Civil Security shows part of the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after the island was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. (UIISC7/Securite Civile via AP) MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and...
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers remarks on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the biggest test of his political...
HANDOVER – In this photo released by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs, Indonesian and Australian officials sign handover documents as five Australians who have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Seven foreign tourists were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar, Fijian authorities said on Monday. The cause of their illness was not known and officials said it was too soon to know if tainted alcohol was involved. Those who became...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes a statement after formally asking for a vote of confidence in parliament, to set the path for an early election in spring 2025, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the collapse of Bashar Assad 's government in an air of transformation. Some were in tears. Others clasped their hands in prayer. “They are promising us that government will be formed...
Pope Francis boards an airplane at Rome's Fiumicino, airport as he leaves for his one-day visit to Ajaccio in the French island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec.15, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis' one-day visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday,...
MORONI, Comoros (AP) — Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving several people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward the east coast of Africa. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said a "very provisional"...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least five migrants died, an unknown number were missing and more than 200 others rescued in Greece in multiple operations south of the island of Crete, the coast guard said Saturday. The four operations began late Friday and one was still under way, according to the...
BEIRUT (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem confirmed on Saturday that the Lebanese armed group has temporarily lost its weapons supply route through Syria following the recent fall of Bashar al-Assad's government. In his first televised address since the collapse of Assad's government,...
Staff members count the votes on the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin) SEOUL (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Constitutional Court kicked off a process Saturday to deliberate a parliamentary decision...
