GENEVA, Switzerland- The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year -- but warned the virus was still on the move. The World Health Organization said Covid-19 was here to stay and countries would have to learn how to manage its ongoing...
WASHINGTON , United States - Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed the elephant in the room of his 2024 re-election bid: the fact that he is already the oldest ever president  and would be 86 when he stepped down if he wins. The veteran Democrat rarely talks about his age. But polls show it's a...
MOSCOU, Russia - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he could face life in prison on "terrorism" charges while another popular opposition politician went on trial in Russia's escalating clampdown on dissent. Authorities are taking the crackdown on freedoms in Russia to an...
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for the resignation of his entire cabinet as the government struggles to get legislation approved by Congress, two ministers told AFP on Wednesday. Petro, the country's first leftist president, has so far not made his request public,...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - A wanted Sudanese war crimes suspect has confirmed that he and other members of the Islamist regime ousted in 2019 have escaped from prison during recent fighting, raising new fears for a fragile ceasefire that has enabled foreigners to flee. The 72-hour ceasefire brokered by...
RAIPUR, India - Ten police and their driver were killed in India's central Chhattisgarh state Wednesday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, an attack police blamed on Maoist rebels. India's long-running Maoist insurgency began in the 1960s and has cost thousands of lives in the...
SINGAPORE - Singapore hanged a prisoner on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, despite rights groups decrying "many flaws" in the case. Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged in defiance of a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's top court has confirmed a death sentence for a German-Iranian national whose trial over a deadly mosque bombing in 2008 has strained relations with Berlin, the judiciary said Wednesday. "Jamshid Sharmahd's sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court," judiciary spokesman...
BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the phone, state media reported on Wednesday. "Xi Jinping had a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky," state broadcaster CCTV said. During the call Xi told Zelensky that "talks and...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday, April 26, said the temporary ceasefire in Sudan could save the lives of civilians who have been trapped in their homes with no access to food, clean water, or medical care. “We welcome the reports of a ceasefire and urge the...
PADANG, Indonesia - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rattled residents on islands west of Indonesia's Sumatra on Tuesday, forcing them to flee to higher ground before an hours-long tsunami warning was lifted. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 3 am (2000 GMT Monday), was in the sea...
MOSCOU, Russia - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday called Joe Biden a senile and "desperate grandpa" after the US president announced his candidacy for re-election in 2024. "Biden has taken his decision. A desperate grandpa," Medvedev wrote...
