Sanhe, China - A huge suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in northern China killed two people and injured 26 more on Wednesday, state media reported, causing severe damage to buildings. The blast occurred just before 8:00 am (0000 GMT), state broadcaster CCTV said, in a residential area in...
Brussels, Belgium - The European Union said Wednesday it was sending humanitarian aid worth 20 million euros ($21.8 million) to Haiti after gang violence plunged the Caribbean country into renewed chaos. "An unprecedented level of gang violence is dramatically increasing humanitarian...
Moscow, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lauded Moscow's nuclear arsenal and warned that he was ready to deploy the weapons if Russia's sovereignty was threatened. The Kremlin has touted its nuclear prowess throughout its two-year offensive in Ukraine, last month warning Western...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died. According to the estimate, 4.9 million children died before their fifth...
ATLANTA, United States - Joe Biden and Donald Trump eyed unassailable leads in their separate presidential nomination races in primary voting Tuesday that included Georgia -- a US swing state where Trump faces trial over an alleged conspiracy to steal the last election. The pair are heading for a...
GENEVA, Switzerland - More children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday. "Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell criticized the lack of aid entering Gaza as a "manmade" disaster on Tuesday, telling the UN Security Council that hunger was being used as a "war arm." "This humanitarian crisis... is not a natural disaster, is not a flood, is...
JOINT BASE LANGLEY EUSTIS, United States - Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia on Tuesday carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment needed to build a temporary port on Gaza's coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. US soldiers stand on the pier as the USAV SP4 James A. Loux casts off...
PARIS, France - France's parliament Tuesday passed legislation to systematically suspend parental authority for those being investigated for incest or domestic violence, and withdraw it fully if they are sentenced. TOPSHOT - France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses a speech during a meeting...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday announced his candidacy to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as chief of NATO, vowing -- as a leader of a country bordering the Ukraine war -- to bring "renewal of perspective" at a crucial time for the alliance. (FILES) Romanian President...
STRASBOURG, France - EU countries need to step up preparedness for global warming after 2023 burned its way into history books as the hottest year on record, European Commission officials said Tuesday. "Europe is the fastest warming continent since the 1980s -- the warming here was about twice the...
STRASBOURG, France - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday Brussels was recommending member states open formal membership talks with Bosnia, in the latest move towards expanding the bloc in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This photograph taken on March 12, 2024 shows flags of...
