UNITED NATIONS, United States - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit the Egypt-Gaza border city of Rafah on Saturday to reiterate his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, his spokesman said Friday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres, who is...
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House wished Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, a full recovery on Friday after her cancer diagnosis -- with First Lady Jill Biden saying "we love you." A handout still from a recording released by The Prince and Princess of Wales on March 22, 2024...
OTTAWA, Canada - Ottawa and the provincial government of Manitoba on Friday committed Can$40 million (US$30 million) to search a landfill for the remains of Indigenous women who were allegedly murdered by a serial killer. The two governments agreed to split the cost, an Indigenous leader and...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks setting a "dangerous precedent," UN representatives warned Friday. Anti Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) protesters hold placards outside the...
KRASNOGORSK, Russia –Gunmen who opened fire at a Moscow concert hall killed more than 60 people and wounded over 100 while sparking an inferno, authorities said Saturday, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms entered the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy, asking for "time, space and privacy" as she completes her treatment. A woman in the village of Marsden, northern England, watches a recording of Britain's...
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Friday on the worsening health situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where cholera, measles, mpox, anthrax and plague are wreaking havoc. The health crisis is being exacerbated by violence, climate shocks,...
Jakarta, Indonesia - A magnitude-6.4 offshore earthquake hit near Indonesia's Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the tremor felt in the capital Jakarta and forcing residents of another city to flee their homes. The quake had a depth of approximately...
Kyiv, Ukraine - A Russian strike Friday severed one of two power lines supplying Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine as Moscow launched a major assault on energy infrastructure. "The enemy is now carrying out the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy industry in...
Meulaboh, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers said Friday they had ended the search for any more Rohingya refugees missing at sea after their boat capsized, despite reports from some of the 75 survivors that dozens more were swept away. "The search ended on Thursday. All Rohingya refugees...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Pope Francis has stripped a disgraced Belgian bishop of his title, which he retained for 14 years after admitting to years of child abuse, the Belgian Bishops' conference said on Thursday. Roger Vangheluwe, 87, resigned as bishop of Bruges in 2010 after acknowledging sex...
Paris, France - Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Thursday pledged to "hunt down" the people responsible for sending threats to at least 30 schools in the Paris region this week. France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (C), flanked by France's Minister for Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti (L),...
