GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations warned Friday that it would no longer be able to feed 600,000 refugees in Chad within weeks unless it receives urgent international funding. The UN's World Food Programme said Chad was hosting the biggest refugee population in west and central Africa, with...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A 7.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the sea north of the main Indonesian island of Java, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The strong quake struck at 4:55 pm local time (0955 GMT), the USGS said, with...
MOSCOU, Russia - Moscow said on Thursday that Russian forces were "blocking" Ukrainian forces from getting in or out of the frontline hotspot of Bakhmut. However, the head of mercenary group Wagner, which has spearheaded much of the fighting for the city, said it was "too early" to say Bakhmut...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Villagers used old car tyres on Thursday to cremate the last of an estimated 130 victims of an airstrike in Myanmar's central Sagaing region, with South East Asian countries saying they "strongly condemned" the attack. The country has seen widespread violence, with its economy...
PARIS, France - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Thursday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms, in a final day of demonstrations before a crucial court decision on the legislation. Protestors hold a CGT trade union banner reading "No to...
SHANGHAI, China - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised Thursday that "Brazil is back!" during a state visit to China aimed at strengthening trade ties and winning support for his push for peace in Ukraine. The veteran leftist, who arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday night, is seeking to...
HILLA, Iraq - At least three people have been electrocuted in central Iraq after torrential rain played havoc with the war-ravaged country's dilapidated power grid, a medical official said Thursday. The three deaths happened in separate incidents in the central province of Babil, said Dr Ahmed...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese court Thursday sentenced nine people to prison terms ranging from 11 to 18 years on human trafficking charges for luring dozens of people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates. Online "boiler room" rackets have long had a presence across Southeast Asia, where...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Two men believed to be linked to an Al-Qaeda-affiliated network have been killed and four arrested in raids by the Indonesian police's anti-terror squad, authorities said on Thursday. The four suspects, alleged to be part of the same Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network, were arrested...
TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia has recovered 14 bodies of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in the Mediterranean, bringing to 24 the number of dead after their boat headed for Europe sank, the coastguard said Thursday. The coastguard had announced on Wednesday that it had recovered 10 bodies of...
WASHINGTON, United States - Former US president Donald Trump, having been criminally charged in New York, pledged Tuesday to "never drop out" of the 2024 race for the White House, and insisted Joe Biden is not fit to run again. The Republican real estate magnate, who...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage. The emergence of the disturbing footage, which AFP was unable to independently verify,...
