NEW DELHI, India - New Delhi will restrict the use of private vehicles for a week in a bid to offer residents some respite from the toxic smog choking the megacity, authorities announced Monday. Commuters make their way along a road amid heavy smoggy conditions in Amritsar on November 6,...
PARIS, France - The French Senate starts on Monday to debate a hugely controversial immigration bill that the government says will bolster security for legal migrants but that opponents see as new evidence of a lurch to the right by President Emmanuel Macron. Left-wingers reject the draft law's bid...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU on Monday announced an investigation into Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress, seeking more details on what measures it is taking to protect consumers online from illegal products, including fake medicines. The European Commission said it had sent a formal request for...
BEIJING, China - Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Monday that their countries could become "trusting partners", pledging to work with Canberra on everything from regional security to climate change as the two leaders eased years of tensions that cut billions...
GENEVA, Switzerland– The United Nations said Saturday that 4.4 million people worldwide were known to be stateless, though the true figure would be significantly higher due to their relative "invisibility". UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said statelessness had a "devastating impact" on...
BEIJING, China– A top official at one of China's biggest state-owned banks is under investigation for suspected corruption, the ruling Communist Party announced Saturday. The party's top anti-corruption watchdog said Zhang Hongli was "suspected of serious disciplinary and legal...
Residents rest in an open air area next to a damaged building in Jajarkot district on November 4, 2023, following an overnight a 5.6-magnitude earthquake. At least 132 people were killed in an overnight earthquake of 5.6-magnitude that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said on November 4,...
This photograph taken on November 3, 2023, shows a view of the Gelendzhik airport in the Russian town of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar region, which has been closed since February 24, 2022 due to Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) KYIV, Ukraine– In eastern Ukraine,...
Garment workers clash with police personnel during a rally, demanding a near-tripling of their wages in Ashulia on November 4, 2023. Police said at least 300 factories had been shut down in the weeklong protests, which have so far left two workers dead and dozens more injured. (Photo by AFP)...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed the lack of safety guarantees for bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying it was near impossible to get medical supplies to hospitals. Rescuers search the home of Palestine TV journalist Mohamed Abu Hatab, who was...
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories - Israel's military said Thursday its forces have surrounded Gaza City in the Hamas-run and densely populated Palestinian territory as they pressed their assault against the Islamist group. This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law revoking Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a move strongly criticized by the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo from AFP) The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions,...
