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...
Filipino death-row drug convict Mary Jane Veloso poses for a photo with a Mother Mary statue during a Christmas event at the Yogyakarta Women's Prison in Gunung Kidul, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi) YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Filipino death row inmate...
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, front left, and its floor leader Park Chan-dae, front right, leave a room at the National Assembly in Seoul after South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)...
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as he accompanies Britain's King Charles III during a visit at Apple's UK Headquarters Battersea Power Station office in London, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday...
South Korean martial law soldiers try to enter the National Assembly compound in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (Cho Sung-bong/Newsis via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday voted to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived...
Georgian president-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili, 2nd right, poses for a selfie at the Georgian parliament, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday. Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo) TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili became president of Georgia on Saturday, as the ruling party...
A man waits for evacuation to western Ukraine as he stands by a bed in a city theatre that hosts refugees running from Russian offensive in the Donetsk region, in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched...
Taiwan's fighter jets prepare to take off at an airbase in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, as Taiwan's Defense Ministry said it detected Chinese naval ships and military planes engaged in training. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) BEIJING (AP) — China's military kept...
