MOSCOW, Russia- Several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake President Vladimir Putin speech announcing an invasion from Kyiv's troops and emergency measures in three regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday. The hacking comes...
BALASORE, India- India's deadliest train disaster in decades killed at least 275 people and injured hundreds more, a tragedy officials have said was linked to an electronic signal system. While a final report has not been released into Friday night's crash near Balasore in the eastern state...
MAROPENG, South Africa- Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour. Led by renowned palaeoanthropologist...
OTTAWA, Canada- Canada is facing a dire wildfire situation through the coming months, officials warned on Monday after vast swaths of forests and grasslands from its Pacific to Atlantic coasts have been scorched. Some 26,000 people remain displaced by fires at present, with about...
HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong police on Sunday detained more than 20 people, including key pro-democracy figures trying to commemorate the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, as hundreds in Taiwan mourned the dead with a vigil. For years, tens of thousands of Hong Kongers...
KHARTOUM, Sudan- Air raids, artillery fire and explosions rocked Sudan's capital Saturday, as fighting between warring generals entered its eighth week, and after volunteers had to bury 180 unidentified bodies. Witnesses told AFP of "bombs falling and civilians being injured" in southern Khartoum,...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope France on Saturday voiced immense sadness at this week's train disaster in India, which killed at least 288 people and injured over 900, and offered his prayers and condolences. The pontiff said he was "deeply saddened" by the "immense loss of life" caused by Friday's...
SINGAPORE, Singapore- The United States, Japan and South Korea aim to share North Korean missile warning data before the end of 2023, the three countries said on Saturday after a record number of missile tests by Pyongyang this year. Leaders of the three allies committed to the real-time data...
JERUSALEM-Â Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a rare shooting on the Egyptian border Saturday, triggering a manhunt that saw one "assailant" killed inside Israel, the army said. "Two (Israeli) soldiers, a man and a woman, were killed by live fire adjacent to the border," an army statement said....
BALASORE, India- At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where...
ROME, Italy- Deadly floods that left large swathes of northeast Italy under water this month were caused by a "one-in-200-year" weather event, with climate change playing a limited role, experts said Wednesday. Seventeen people died and tens of thousands were forced to leave their homes after three...
GENEVA, Switzerland- The United Nations' weather agency announced Tuesday it was making the cryosphere a new top priority, saying the melting of sea ice, glaciers and permafrost posed a global threat. Member states at the UN's World Meteorological Organization are concerned about the impacts of...
