Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Moscow on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / POOL / AFP) Moscow, Russia - Russia on Thursday accused Armenia of trying to rupture increasingly strained ties between the two ex-Soviet...
(FILES) A member of the LGBTQIA+ community holds a placard calling for marriage equality during a pride march in Bangkok on June 4, 2023. Thailand's parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill on March 27, 2024, paving the way for the kingdom to become the first Southeast Asian nation to recognise...
Berlin, Germany - At least five people were killed and around a dozen injured in an accident involving a bus on a German motorway near Leipzig on Wednesday, police told AFP. The bus came off the A9 motorway and overturned in the morning between Wiedemar and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz...
Beijing, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping met with representatives of US businesses Wednesday as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment and reassure American firms in the face of a slowing economy. Officials are keen to bring in investment to kickstart growth as they battle a range of...
Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis offered his solidarity Wednesday to Catholics in Israel and the Palestinian territories ahead of Easter, after meeting Jewish and Muslim bereaved fathers campaigning for peace. "You are not alone," the 87-year-old pontiff wrote in a letter ahead of...
A 72-year-old Japanese man died after his suit jacket got caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan on Wednesday, March 27. According to the local police, the man was identified as Mamoru Suzuki, a resident of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Local police said that a staff member...
BALTIMORE, United States - Authorities on Tuesday suspended their search for six people missing after a packed cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbors. TOPSHOT - This handout screegrab courtesy of the National...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN expert who concluded Israel was committing acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip received broad support at the United Nations on Tuesday, with countries speaking up to back her and her report. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the...
WASHINGTON, United States - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant Tuesday that civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high" and suggested alternatives to a major Israeli operation in the territory's south. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (R) meets Israeli...
QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Victims of sexual assault by Catholic clergy and their supporters marched in of Quebec City Tuesday to raise awareness and encourage others to speak out against abusers within the Church. People hold crosses, symbolizing victims of sexual assaults perpetrated by the Church, in...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Five Chinese nationals working on a major dam construction site were killed along with their driver on Tuesday when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in northwest Pakistan, officials said. Volunteers transport the coffins of Chinese national from a hospital following a...
PARIS, France - France's defence minister on Tuesday denied allegations from investigative journalists that France supplied components for ammunition used by the Israeli army in its Gaza campaign. France's Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu addresses a joint press conference with the...
