ANTALYA, Turkey - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will visit Turkey next week for talks about the Gaza war and reconciliation efforts between Palestinian factions, the Turkish foreign minister said on Sunday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (AFP) The visit comes as intensive diplomacy is...
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised Saturday a full investigation after a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was circulated on Russian social media, in a huge embarrassment for Berlin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) A German...
MOSCOW, Russia - Hundreds of Russians visited the grave of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, risking arrest to pay tribute to the anti-corruption campaigner for a second day running. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic for more than a decade, died in an...
WASHINGTON, Unites States - Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday will ring alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the West to rapidly deliver more air-defence systems as a wave of Russian missile, drone and artillery strikes killed at least 11 people. Eight were confirmed dead, including a child and a baby, after an overnight drone...
WASHINGTON, United States - Israel has broadly accepted a ceasefire deal with Hamas, a senior US official said Saturday, as the first American airdrops of humanitarian aid were carried out over war-ravaged Gaza. In this image grab from an AFPTV video, people carry food parcels that were air-dropped...
Washington, United States - US President Joe Biden said Friday he was "hoping" for a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but agreement was still not sealed. "I'm hoping so, we're still working real hard on it. We're not there yet," he told reporters...
Miami, United States - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a blanket social media ban for youths under age 16, stepping into a legal controversy over the impact of internet media platforms on children. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attends the drivers meeting prior to the NASCAR Cup...
Los Angeles, United States - One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was jailed for five years on Friday. Peter Cichuniec had been convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide and unlawful administration of drugs...
Washington, United States - President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States would start to deliver relief supplies from the air into Gaza, a day after the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians at an aid convoy. US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before he departs the White House...
Washington, United States - President Joe Biden hailed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's "unwavering" support for Ukraine Friday, as they held talks overshadowed by worries about the future of US aid for Kyiv. US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister...
Mexico City, Mexico - Rival candidates launched their campaigns Friday for elections likely to produce Mexico's first woman president -- a watershed for a nation with a long tradition of macho culture. Aerial view showing supporters of Mexican leftist presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum...
