BEIJING, China -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the third Belt and...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country rejected "economic coercion" and "bloc confrontation" Wednesday, at the opening ceremony of a forum of international delegates to the Belt and Road forum in Beijing. (L-R) China's President Xi Jinping, Russia's President Vladimir...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, announced Tuesday that it has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use basic features like posting messages. X, owned since last year by the billionaire Elon Musk, said in a statement that its...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement Tuesday called for a "day of rage" to condemn a strike on a Gaza Strip hospital as hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the French and US embassies in protest. Hezbollah, an ally of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, blamed the hospital...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Joe Biden's Middle East diplomatic drive faltered before it got off the ground Tuesday after his trip to Jordan was canceled following a strike on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people. US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in...
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Wednesday described as "lies" the Israel army's accusations that it was responsible for a strike on a Gaza hospital that left hundreds dead. At least 200 people were killed in an air strike on a hospital compound that sheltered the wounded and displaced...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The Israeli army said Tuesday a strike which hit a Gaza hospital, killing at least 200 people according to Hamas officials, was a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad Palestinian militants. Analysis indicated "that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in...
NEW YORK, United states -- Former president Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial on Tuesday and complained about a partial gag order imposed on him by a judge in a separate case. Former US President Donald Trump sits inside the courtroom during his civil fraud trial in New York...
OTTAWA, Canada -Canada's defense minister on Monday slammed Chinese fighter jets' "dangerous and reckless" intercept of a Canadian maritime patrol aircraft while it was helping to enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea. The Chinese planes shadowed the Canadian Aurora aircraft...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran warned Monday of a possible "pre-emptive action" against Israel "in the coming hours", as Israel readies for a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip. Tehran has repeatedly warned that a ground invasion of the long-blockaded Gaza would be met with a response from...
WASHINGTON, United States - Violent crime decreased in the United States last year to pre-pandemic levels while property crime increased sharply, the FBI said in a report released on Monday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, in an annual report, said violent crime nationwide fell by 1.7...
BOGOTA, Colombia -Colombia on Monday said Israel's ambassador should leave the South American country before rowing back comments amid a worsening spat over President Gustavo Petro's remarks on the war with Hamas. Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva initially said the...
