NEW DEHLI, India - More than 2,000 people fleeing Myanmar have crossed into neighbouring northeastern India as an offensive against the military widens, Indian media reported Tuesday. The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported more than 2,000 Myanmar citizens from western Chin state...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday Russia was increasing its attacks across the front line, as Kyiv called for the West to boost weapons supplies ahead of winter. Neither side has made any significant territorial gain for months, but both Zelensky and the...
MOSCOW, Russia -President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday tightened media conditions for election coverage in Russia, ahead of a March 2024 presidential vote expected to prolong his rule until 2030. Moscow has hugely cracked down on media freedom since launching its Ukraine offensive in February...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Brussels is aiming to present proposals on Wednesday for a new round of sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, including banning Moscow's lucrative diamond exports, the EU's foreign policy chief said Monday. The 27-nation bloc has already imposed 11 rounds of...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian attacks on Ukraine's southern region of Kherson on Monday killed three civilians and injured at least 12, including a two-month-old child, officials said. A 62-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man were killed in a "massive" rocket and artillery attack on the city centre...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union pledged Monday to make a "substantial" contribution to a climate damage fund for vulnerable nations at the coming UN COP28 summit in Dubai. Launching the "loss and damage" mechanism is a priority for the talks running from November 30 to December 12, a...
GRINDAVIK, Iceland - From Christmas gifts to sheep, residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings, authorities said. (Photo from AFP) The southwestern town of Grindavik -- home to...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Moscow faced stinging criticism at the UN on Monday over a deteriorating rights situation inside Russia as it pushes ahead with its war in Ukraine, but far from all countries chimed in. During a regular review of Russia's rights record at the United Nations in Geneva,...
PARIS, France - President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosted religious leaders for talks on combatting anti-Semitism in France, a day after a Paris march rallied tens of thousands to express anxiety over an upsurge in acts against Jews. There have been growing tensions in France, home to large...
VIENNA, Austria - Austria has set aside millions of euros to compensate thousands of gay people who until two decades ago faced prosecution, its justice minister said Monday. Austria decriminalised homosexuality in 1971 but certain discriminatory provisions remained in force until the early...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Sunday a blast triggered by "local resistance movements" in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol the previous day killed Russian military officers at a headquarters of the occupation authorities. Melitopol, with a pre-war population of around 150,000...
DEHRADUN, India - At least 40 construction workers were trapped Sunday after the road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India, with rescuers scrambling to reach them beneath piles of debris. The collapse occurred early Sunday morning in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand when a...
