GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for Hamas to provide proof of life of the hostages it is holding and release them all on health grounds. (Photo from AFP) The WHO said the International Committee of the Red Cross should be allowed immediate medical access...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker on Wednesday, ending weeks of bitter Republican infighting that paralyzed Congress at a time of international and domestic crisis. (Photo from AFP) Mike Johnson, a little-known ally of Donald Trump who...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected the "misrepresentations" of his remarks a day earlier on Palestinian grievances that infuriated Israel, which has vowed to retaliate against the world body. United Nations Secretary-General...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed Wednesday their shared stand on Israel, Ukraine and China during a state visit aimed at reinforcing a century-old alliance. US President Joe Biden (2nd R), First Lady Jill Biden (R),...
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid, restore communications and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane left a trail of destruction. (Photo from AFP) President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador personally joined an...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States - X is tinkering with video and audio calling at the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to a post Wednesday by owner Elon Musk. Elon Musk "Early version of video and audio calling on X," Musk wrote in a post that contained a screen capture showing...
DAMASCUS, Syria - Israeli strikes killed eight soldiers in southern Syria on Wednesday, later returning to bomb Aleppo airport for the fourth time in a fortnight, the defence ministry in Damascus said. Israel said the first strike was in response to earlier rocket fire. Hours later,...
WAD MADANI, Sudan - The Sudanese army said Wednesday it has accepted an invitation to resume US- and Saudi-brokered talks aimed at ending more than six months of conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The war between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his...
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's Queen Rania accused Western leaders of a "glaring double standard" for not condemning Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, in an interview aired Wednesday "The people all around the Middle East, including in Jordan, we are just...
CAIRO, Egypt - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cairo on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported, for talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the latest leg of a whistlestop crisis tour. On Tuesday Macron was in Israel where he voiced support for its retaliation...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday that "specific pauses" are needed in Israel's war with Hamas to allow aid into Gaza, but again stopped short of calling for a ceasefire. Facing calls from some opposition lawmakers during weekly questions in parliament to...
ADEN, Yemen - A tropical cyclone has killed at least two people in war-torn Yemen and displaced around 10,000 others, authorities said, after floods destroyed buildings and cut off major roads. Tropical cyclone TEJ made a landfall over the coast of Al Mahra governorate, in the country's...
