MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said on Tuesday that a military cargo plane with 15 people on board had crashed while taking off from an airfield for a schedule flight. Moscow said the Ilyushin-76 plane crashed in the Ivanovo region, 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of Moscow, after one of its engines...
NICOSIA, Cyprus - A ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza left from Cyprus's Larnaca port on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the NGO operating the vessel said. The Open Arms vessel (C) is pictured in the Cypriot port of Larnaca on March 11, 2024. A Cyprus...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron's Ukraine strategy will be put to a symbolic vote in parliament's lower house on Tuesday as political tensions rage in the run-up to June's European Parliament elections. Following a debate, the National Assembly lower house will hold a non-binding...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over UK sex offence charges, police said on Tuesday. British-US former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) is led by police officers into the Court of...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - New Zealand investigators Tuesday seized the flight recorder from a Boeing-made LATAM plane, searching for the cause of a mid-air plunge that injured dozens of terrified travellers. TOPSHOT - The LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that suddenly lost altitude...
WASHINGTON, United States - US forces said they destroyed an underwater drone and nearly 20 ballistic missiles in a series of strikes against Yemen's Huthi rebels, who threatened on Tuesday to step up their attacks in the Red Sea during Ramadan. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden hosts Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House Tuesday to try to reassure key NATO ally Warsaw of Washington's support after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Duda urged NATO allies before the visit to up their...
Kingston, Jamaica - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday promised another $133 million to support Haiti, saying the spiraling crisis showed the urgency of deploying a multinational force. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane upon departure from Norman Manley...
New York, United States - Dozens of Muslim worshippers gathered in New York's Times Square Sunday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, with some displaying Palestinian flags in solidarity with people in Gaza. They performed Taraweeh, special Ramadan night prayers, against the...
People take pictures of Kensington Palace in London on March 11, 2024. Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine faced pressure to explain how an official photo of the princess and their children had been altered, after AFP and other news agencies withdrew the image. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS...
Moscow, Russia - Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine. In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of...
London, United Kingdom - The UK government said Sunday that it would provide £117 million ($128 million) to bolster security at mosques and other Muslim sites including schools and community centers across the country over the next four years. The pledge by the Home Office comes amid a...
