NEW DELHI, India– India's interior minister said Thursday that he had "recommended the immediate suspension" of a free movement border agreement with Myanmar, from where thousands have fled since fighting between the junta and its opponents surged last year. Amit Shah said the...
This photo taken on January 31, 2024 shows a worker packing firework for the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Dragon at a firework factory in Liuyang, in central China's Hunan province. Sparklers, rockets and spinning sunflowers with flammable petals -- the fireworks stores in China's Hangzhou are...
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Alexander Boroda in Moscow late on February 7, 2024. (Photo by POOL / AFP)...
This handout picture released by the Icelandic Coast Guard on February 8, 2024 shows billowing smoke and flowing lava pouring out of a new fissure during a new volcanic eruption on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavik, western Iceland. AFP PHOTO /HANDOUT/ICELANDIC COAST GUARD...
A United Nations Security Council meeting UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is entering "an age of chaos" with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. With the war in Gaza...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament has voted to abolish laws on economic cooperation with the South, state media said Thursday, as relations between the two neighbors hit new lows. Ties between the two Koreas have been in a deep freeze as Pyongyang accelerates its weapons...
This handout illustration taken on February 7, 2024 and released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on February 8 shows two photos - one the location of a contaminated water leak (L) - and a second image (R) showing a close-up of the vent (R) where the water was released, at part of the...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met Tuesday in Madrid with families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and called for their "immediate and unconditional release". The Palestinian militant group seized around 250 hostages during an unprecedented attack against Israel...
PARIS, France - President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday is to hold a ceremony paying tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, with relatives of those killed and held hostage expected to attend. The presidency also said this week that France will provide...
BEIJING, China - Beijing on Wednesday condemned "groundless accusations" after the Dutch government accused Chinese hackers of conducting a spying campaign against the Netherlands. In a statement Tuesday, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service said it had discovered malware...
TBILISI, Georgia - At least four people were killed and five were missing after a landslide in western Georgia, officials said Wednesday. The landslide happened in the early hours of the morning in the village of Nergeti, some 170 kilometres from the Black Sea nation's capital Tbilisi....
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said Wednesday "many" foreign news outlets had requested to interview President Vladimir Putin, contradicting talk show host Tucker Carlson's claim he was the only Western reporter to ask. The former Fox News host, who visited Moscow for an interview with Putin...
