WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden hosts Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a lavish state visit Wednesday where their focus on China risks being overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas conflict. The 80-year-old Biden will treat Albanese to a gala dinner on the White House...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Wednesday it would study US proposals to resume dialogue on nuclear arms control, but that it would not accept them unless Washington dropped its "hostile" stance towards Moscow. The US and Russia used to regularly inspect each other's nuclear facilities and limit...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, a year after a similar port call by a spacecraft-tracking vessel raised security concerns from neighbouring India. New Delhi is suspicious of China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and its...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The number of people worldwide living in forced displacement from their homes is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday -- a record figure. "The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations...
UNITED NATIONS, United states -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday warned Iran that the United States would respond "decisively" to any attack by its proxies, as tensions rise with the Israel-Hamas war. "The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. We do not want this war to...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden’s administration is treading a tightrope on Israel, with Washington firmly backing its ally while urging caution and calling for pauses in the fighting to get aid into Gaza. The 80-year-old has had to balance uncompromising support for Israel's...
ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Hurricane Otis on Tuesday rapidly strengthened to a major Category 3 storm as it headed toward Mexico's southern Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. "Additional strengthening is forecast, and Otis is expected to be an extremely dangerous category 4...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- An 85-year-old Israeli woman freed after more than two weeks in Hamas captivity spoke Tuesday about the "hell" of her abduction, as fighting between Israel and Gaza militants raged for an 18th day. Israeli Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, holds a press conference in Tel Aviv after she...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday alleged violations of international law in Gaza and urged an immediate ceasefire as Israel pounds the Palestinian territory in response to Hamas attacks, with the crisis deeply dividing the Security Council. Israel...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The Israeli army said Wednesday that it had struck military infrastructure inside Syria in response to earlier launches towards Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its "fighter jets struck military infrastructure and mortar launchers belonging...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A full ceasefire in Gaza would only help Hamas as Israel wages an air campaign against the militant group, but humanitarian "pauses" should be considered to let vital aid in, the White House said Tuesday. The comments came as President Joe Biden said aid deliveries to...
Bobi, who was this year ordained the oldest dog in the world by Guinness World Records, has died at the ripe old age of 31, Portuguese media reported Monday. "We have better memories of a long life where he was happy and, above all, where he made a lot of people happy, especially his family,"...
