DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Nearly 120 nations pledged to triple the world's renewable energy within seven years at UN climate talks Saturday as the United States pushed to crank up nuclear capacity and slash methane emissions. (AFP Photo) With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A decorated Thai para-athlete murdered his bride and four other people at their wedding reception before turning his gun on himself, police said Monday. Chaturong Suksuk, 29, an ASEAN Para Games silver medallist, shot bride Kanchana Pachunthuek, her mother and sister at the...
WASHINGTON, United States - Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China. Henry Kissinger As secretary of state to presidents Richard Nixon...
TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia said Wednesday it was "prepared" to close its border with Russia following a similar move by Finland, with Tallinn citing a potential threat by its eastern neighbor. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said the situation on Finland's border, which has seen a...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year. (AFP Photo) Despite the frontlines having barely shifted in 2023, fighting has remained intense, with the...
SKOPJE, Republic Of North Macedonia - The EU's top diplomat said Wednesday that Russia needs to hear from ministers at an upcoming meeting of the world's largest regional security body about why it is being "condemned and isolated". (AFP Photo) Ministers from the member states of the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Eleven global tech giants have pledged to do more to tackle the scourge of online scammers, the UK government said on Thursday, billing the promise as a world first. Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Match Group, Microsoft, Snapchat, TikTok, and...
TOKYO, Japan - Rescuers scoured waters off Japan on Thursday for seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training exercise, in the latest incident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. (AFP PHOTO / 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters) Japan's defense...
ROME, Italy -- Pope Francis cancelled his upcoming trip to Dubai for the COP28 climate talks Tuesday, on the advice of doctors concerned over his recent flu-like symptoms, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old, who has made protecting the environment a cornerstone of his 10-year papacy, had planned to...
PARIS, France -- Ten Israeli women including a 17-year-old were released Tuesday by Gaza militants, Israeli officials said, on the fifth day of a truce in fighting with Hamas. Israeli freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz (L), 85, takes part in a protest with her family members outside the Ministry of...
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian police officer was charged with manslaughter Wednesday, after allegedly tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother who later died in hospital. Dementia patient Clare Nowland died in May this year, following a nursing home confrontation with police that shocked...
PARIS, France -- Insufficient investment in developing countries is putting efforts to reduce global warming at risk, a UN economics expert group said Wednesday, calling for COP28 to push for "radical change". Two women walk near a COP28 logo ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on...
