WASHINGTON, United States - the collapse of a Baltimore bridge a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the major East Coast port up and running as soon as possible after a cargo ship struck one of the span's support pylons. TOPSHOT - Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A judge on Tuesday ordered the disclosure of eBay and PayPal records that may contain evidence that a former British Museum employee sold items allegedly stolen from its collection. The storied museum, one of the UK capital's biggest tourist draws and best known for housing...
MADRID, Spain - Police said Tuesday they had arrested an 18-year-old Spaniard of Moroccan origin who had engaged in "intensive (online) efforts to encourage terrorism" and had ties with other radical jihadists abroad. The youth was arrested in Barcelona on March 16 on suspicion of links to the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The dire humanitarian situation in violence-wracked Haiti following weeks of gang attacks could result in the death of "countless children," especially from lack of health care and nutrition, the head of UNICEF said Tuesday. A man pulls a cart with a casket through a...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A teenage girl shot herself dead with a deputy's gun in the lobby of a sheriff's station in California, authorities said Monday. A sign at the entrance to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Station in City of Industry, California, is seen on March 25, 2024. A teenage...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A man who repeatedly threatened to kill an Arizona election official was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, as investigators warned of increasing hostility towards poll workers ahead of this year's high-stakes US votes. Joshua Russell, from...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK on Monday accused Beijing-backed groups of targeting "democratic institutions and parliamentarians" in two "malicious" cyber campaigns, unveiling sanctions and summoning China's ambassador. In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary...
GENEVA, Switzerland - A UN rights expert on Monday said there were "reasonable grounds" to determine that Israel has committed several acts of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, also warning of "ethnic cleansing". Displaced Palestinian children wait inside their makeshift tents at a camp beside a...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand on Tuesday blamed "state-sponsored" Chinese hackers for a "malicious" 2021 cyber attack that infiltrated sensitive government computer systems. The country's counter-espionage agency said a state-backed group known as "APT40" compromised computers linked...
MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Monday acknowledged for the first time that "radical Islamists" were behind last week's attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, but suggested they were linked to Ukraine somehow. In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Catherine, Princess of Wales, has said she is "enormously touched" by the support she has received from around the world following her shock announcement that she is being treated for cancer. Catherine, 42, revealed Friday that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy...
WASHINGTON, United States - Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said at a recent event highlighting an important and personal initiative of US President Joe Biden. US President Joe Biden leaves the St. Joseph On...
