BERLIN, Germany - Germany's defence minister on Sunday announced Berlin would double its 2024 military aid for war-torn Ukraine, which is struggling to oust occupying Russian troops, to 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion). "This is a strong signal to Ukraine, showing we are not giving up on it" when...
MADRID, Spain– Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of 121 people suspected of making or distributing child pornography after a nationwide operation. A statement said 118 men and three women had been arrested and nearly 500 terabytes "of an extremely hard nature" seized. Two...
Pope Francis blesses objects presented to him at the end of an audience to the participants of the International Meeting for Shrine Rectors and Shrine Workers on November 11, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) VATICAN CITY, Holy See– Pope Francis on...
JENIN, Palestinian Territories - Around a quartet of tyre fires belching black smoke, Palestinian clashed with the Israeli soldiers in Jenin on Thursday in the deadliest army raid the occupied West Bank has seen since 2005. Smoke rises during clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinians in...
PARIS, France - Aid organizations said Thursday a full ceasefire is needed between Israel and Hamas to meaningfully help civilians in Gaza, with one announcing the death of a doctor in the fighting. An Egyptian Red Crescent member and other workers unload a shipment of humanitarian aid bound for...
LISBON, Portugal - Portugal's President on Thursday dissolved parliament and called an election for March 10, after Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned over a corruption investigation. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa makes a statement after the state council meeting at Belem Palace...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement on Thursday on a key biodiversity bill aimed at rewilding EU land and water habitats. Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg looks on as she takes part in a demonstration with activists in favor of the nature...
This aerial picture shows the newly built floating solar power plant on the water that can generate 192 mega watts of peak electricity in cooperation between the Indonesian government and Masdar from the UAE, at Cirata Reservoir, West Java, on November 9, 2023, shortly before being inaugurated by...
LONDON, United Kingdom– British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that third-quarter net profit nearly doubled on solid demand for cancer treatments, despite evaporating sales of Covid medicines. Net profit soared almost 90 percent to $1.26 billion in the three months to...
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his "Bidenomics" economic agenda and his Investing in America agenda at an Amtrak facility in New Castle County, Delaware, on November 6, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) BEIJING, China– China hailed climate talks with the...
Palestinians families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas, walk along a highway on November 9, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Thousands of Palestinians were fleeing on foot November 8, in a surge away...
The EU's executive arm said it wanted to know what measures TikTok and YouTube have taken to comply with a landmark EU law © Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP/File BRUSSELS, Belgium– The EU announced investigations on Thursday into YouTube and TikTok to find out what action the US and...
