A man looks out at the burnt wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo on January 3, 2024, the morning after the JAL airliner hit a smaller coast guard plane on the ground. Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died...
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was attacked in Busan, gets off from a helicopter on a stretcher to be transported to Seoul National University Hospital, at a heliport in Seoul on January 2, 2024. South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on...
(Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) MADRID, Spain– Spanish airline Iberia has cancelled over 400 flights due to a four-day strike by its ground service workers that is set to begin Friday on the eve of Epiphany, a major holiday in the country. The flight cancellations, which also...
A man finds his wife's sewing scissors at their home which was destroyed by fire in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Thousands of Japanese rescuers on January 4 battled...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday began their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain's National Service (NHS). Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- started a six-day walkout at 0700 GMT, in a major escalation of their...
KYIV, Ukraine - Deadly strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine and a Russian border region Tuesday as an escalation of aerial attacks also wounded dozens and prompted Kyiv to urge speedier Western weapons shipments. The bombardment of mainly Kyiv and northeastern Kharkiv came less than 24...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday said he deplored the strikes on the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters in Gaza, branding them "unconscionable." WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health must never be a target during conflicts, adding...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Russia's state-run diamond giant Alrosa and its CEO as part of a ban on imports of the precious stones over the Ukraine war. The EU in December agreed to prohibit diamonds exported from Russia as it tightens sanctions to...
WARSAW, Poland - The Polish foreign minister on Wednesday called on allies to deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine to help Kyiv target "launch sites and command centres" amid a new wave of Russian attacks. Air Defence Ukrainian servicemen, who took part in the defence operations during...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Hundreds of flood warnings were in place in the UK on Wednesday, after strong winds and rain lashed large parts of the country, hitting travel and cutting power. The strongest gusts from Storm Henk were recorded on Tuesday afternoon on the Isle of Wight, off England's...
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in the neck, a party lawmaker said Wednesday, as police were granted a warrant to search his assailant's property. Lee was surrounded by journalists in southern Busan city on Tuesday...
An official looks at the wreckage of a Japan coast guard plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo on January 3, 2024, the morning after a Japan Airlines (JAL) airliner hit the smaller coast guard plane on the ground. Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died...
