BEIJING, China– At least 10 people were killed and six are missing after an accident at a coal mine in central China's Henan Province, state media said Saturday. The accident, a likely coal and gas explosion described as an "outburst", happened around 2:55 pm (0655 GMT) on Friday in...
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador's armed forces were engaged in a brutal standoff with organized crime Thursday, deploying more than 22,400 soldiers to put down a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives. Head of Ecuador's Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Jaime Vela (C), leaves after a...
BOGOTÃ, Colombia- Colombian President Gustavo Petro's eldest son was indicted Thursday on charges of money laundering involving funds from a drug lord that allegedly went to the president's election campaign. (FILES) Grab taken from a handout video released by Colombia's Superior Council of the...
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea- Troops patrolled the streets of Papua New Guinea's capital on Friday, under a state of emergency following riots that killed 16 across the country's two largest cities. This picture shows a damaged building in Port Moresby on January 12, 2023. Troops patrolled the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan- Tens of thousands of supporters flocked to noisy, colourful rallies for Taiwan's three main political parties on Friday, as the candidates made a last push for votes in an election that China has warned could take the island closer to war. TOPSHOT - Supporters of Lai Ching-te, the...
Palermo, Italy — A defiant Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, defended his hard line against illegal migration in court on Friday, saying he had done a "useful service" in blocking migrants from disembarking at an Italian port in 2019. (FILES) Rescued migrants rest and gesture on...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands- Israel said Friday it was not seeking to destroy the Palestinian people, as it hit back at what it called a "profoundly distorted" and "malevolent" genocide case against it at the UN's top court. A Palestinian man holds a portrait of late Palestine Liberation Organisation...
LONDON, United Kingdom— World-renowned British conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been charged with child sexual offences, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday. Jan Latham-Koenig Latham-Koenig was the first British-born conductor to become artistic director of a Russian opera company,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Iran's navy seized a ship off Oman to retaliate for the "theft" of its oil from the same tanker last year by the United States, state media said Thursday. A map showing the region around the Gulf of Oman where the oil tanker St Nikolas was seized by the Iranian navy...
NEW YORK, United States - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday it is launching a safety probe into Boeing following last week's near-catastrophic incident on an Alaska Airlines-operated 737 MAX. This handout picture provided by the NTSB on January 8, 2024 shows the...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday replaced his foreign minister but maintained other key figures in their posts, in a reshuffle that tilted his cabinet to the right and leaves all the top ministries in the hands of men. TOPSHOT - (COMBO): This combination of files...
NEW YORK, United States- Donald Trump ignored warnings from the judge in his New York civil fraud trial Thursday and turned closing arguments into an election campaign attack, claiming that prosecutors are out to stop his political comeback. New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the...
