GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the fighting and bombardment in Gaza, but said much more needed to be done. Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing hostages and scores of Palestinian...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, saying both sides "suffer so much." At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the 86-year-old pontiff called for prayers for peace,...
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron (C-L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin (C-R) during a meeting in London on November 21, 2023 on the sidelines of a state visit by the South Korean president to the UK. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) LONDON, United...
This picture taken from the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing following an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory on November 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) BERLIN, Germany– Germany's...
Security personnel stand at an entrance of the under construction road tunnel, days after it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 21, 2023. Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 10 days were seen alive on camera on November 21, for...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia And Herzegovina - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Monday of Russia's "malign" interference in Bosnia, saying Moscow's actions threatened the stability of the deeply divided Balkan country. Nearly 30 years after the end of its civil war, Bosnia remains...
BEIJING, China - Beijing on Monday warned Canberra against making "reckless and irresponsible accusations against China" after Australia said sonar pulses emitted by a Chinese warship "likely" injured its navy divers. "We urge the Australian side to respect the facts, stop making reckless and...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish helicopters Monday scoured the Black Sea in search of 11 sailors who went missing when their ship sank in heavy storms that killed at least nine people. The Kafkametler cargo vessel sank with 12 crew on board after hitting a breakwater Sunday while trying to seek...
DEHRADUN, India - Indian rescuers were battling Monday to free 41 men trapped in a road tunnel for nine days, as they prepared to dig an entirely new shaft after previous efforts failed. Excavators have been removing earth, concrete and rubble from the under-construction tunnel in the northern...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday expressed "deep concern" to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, the Elysee said. Macron and Xi spoke by phone ahead of a visit to China by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna. "We...
BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Israel-Hamas war in a phone call on Monday, agreeing "to avoid a more serious humanitarian crisis", Beijing's state media reported. "The two heads of state exchanged views on the...
CAIRO, Egypt - Twenty-nine premature babies arrived in Egypt on Monday, Egyptian media said, after they were evacuated from Gaza's largest hospital which has become a focal point of Israel's war with Hamas. The infants were evacuated Sunday from the Al-Shifa hospital, which the World Health...
