AGAM, Indonesia - The last hiker missing after a volcano eruption in Indonesia was found dead Wednesday, rescuers said, raising the death toll to 23 three days after the disaster. Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia's west spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) -- taller...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Brussels proposed Wednesday a three-year delay on tariffs on the sale of electric vehicles between Britain and the EU that was meant to kick in from January, in a major reversal of its previous position. The European Commission said it now wants a one-off extension, until...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain on Wednesday announced a fresh round of sanctions against Russia's "war machine" in Ukraine, as David Cameron headed to Washington for his first visit as foreign secretary. The new curbs bar UK firms from dealings with businesses and individuals in countries...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's interior minister James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty that London hopes will revive controversial plans to transfer migrants to the east African country. Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly (L) and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The situation in the Gaza Strip is getting worse all the time and approaching humanity's "darkest hour", the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Smoke rises above buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, as battles between Israel and Hamas militants continue on...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Lawyers for Prince Harry on Tuesday began a legal challenge over his security arrangements in the UK, after he quit frontline royal duties and moved to North America. Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex The case about his loss of UK taxpayer-funded...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced, as Moscow courts allies abroad despite being isolated by the West over the Ukraine conflict. (L-R) Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Iran's Foreign...
PADUA, Italy- Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend, a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women. People attend the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend,...
AGAM, Indonesia- The death toll from a volcano eruption in Indonesia has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were discovered, a search and rescue agency official said Tuesday. TOPSHOT - Volcanic ash spews from Mount Marapi during an eruption as seen from Tanah Datar in West Sumatra on December 3,...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Six Thai hostages kidnapped and held for weeks in the Gaza Strip by Hamas arrived back in the kingdom on Monday, officials said. Tens of thousands of Thais were working in Israel, mostly in the agricultural sector, when Palestinian militants poured over the border on...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two people are dead and at least 10 are missing after flash floods and a landslide swept away dozens of houses and destroyed a hotel in an Indonesian village last week, a rescue official said Monday. The landslide and floods caused by torrential rain hit residential areas...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces are assaulting the industrial town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine from two new directions, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as Moscow expanded its bid to capture the near-encircled town. Collected anti-tank mines and explosives are detonated by the...
