GENEVA, Switzerland - Two United Nations rights experts called Monday for justice for a multitude of alleged crimes, including sexual torture, during Hamas's unprecedented attacks in Israel on October 7. This photograph taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the...
BERLIN, Germany - Furious farmers opposed to German government plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture used tractors to block roads across the country on Monday in an escalating dispute. The coordinated nationwide demonstration targeted motorway access ramps in particular, snarling traffic,...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Monday condemned "war crimes" perpetrated against civilians in conflicts such as in Gaza and Ukraine, and said those killed should not be considered "collateral damage." "The distinction between military and civil objectives is no longer respected," the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Four people were killed in a "massive" wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine Monday, officials said, as authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod evacuated hundreds due to Ukrainian shelling. As the war approaches its second anniversary, both Moscow and Kyiv have...
BRASÃLIA, Brazil - At least 25 people have been killed after a tourist bus collided with a truck in Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, state firefighters said Monday. "Military firefighters responded to an incident that left 25 dead" near the municipality of Gaviao, about 155 miles (250...
LYON, France - A pilot and a passenger dressed as Father Christmas heading for a children's party were killed Sunday when their plane crashed in central France, officials said. The men, aged 68 and 79, were taking part in a flight for their local aviation club. The small plane crashed less than two...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Tens of thousands of people gathered in southern Taiwan for "Super Sunday" rallies by three presidential candidates making a final weekend push before a crucial January 13 election. A giant screen shows Hou Yu-ih (C), presidential candidate from the main opposition Kuomintang...
PARIS, France- French President Emmanuel Macron could choose a new prime minister as soon as Monday, according to his entourage, as he seeks a new look for a widely criticised government. French President Emmanuel Macron/AFP The position of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has been tenuous ever since...
BERLIN, Germany- German train drivers will start a nationwide three-day strike from Wednesday after wage talks broke down, the GDL union said Sunday. The union, which called several strikes in 2023, said the Deutsche Bahn public train company had failed to come up with a "negotiable" offer to head...
A woman looks at wrecked homes hit by North Korea's 2010 shelling attack at a museum that displays materials related to the attack on Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024. When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and...
Police personnel detain a man allegedly spouting anti-government slogans at the National Mosque after Friday prayers ahead of the upcoming general elections in Dhaka on January 5, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP) DHAKA, Bangladesh– Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested seven...
A general view shows a village on Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024, a day after North Korea's shelling. When a North Korean artillery shell slammed into his house and burned it to the ground in 2010, Jung Chang-kuan thought that war...
