LONDON, United Kingdom -- Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years. The sale of small canisters of nitrous oxide has proliferated in recent decades, as young people in...
ARBIL, Iraq -- A drone attack on Tuesday targeted a military base at Arbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts troops from the US-led anti-jihadist coalition, officials said. "At two different points, three drones attacked the international coalition" on Tuesday morning, the autonomous Kurdish...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Nationwide outages hit a major Australian communications company Wednesday, disrupting phone lines, crashing payment systems and impacting millions of customers. Optus said it was scrambling to restore its mobile and internet services to more than 10 million customers across...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven people died and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police said. Relatives of blast victims gather outside the Italian aid organisation 'Emergency' hospital in Kabul on November 7, 2023, following an explosion on a bus. Seven...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hamas militants on Monday fired 16 rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel, the Palestinian group's armed wing announced, saying they targeted areas south of the Israeli coastal city of Haifa. (Photo from AFP) The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said the strikes came "in...
ROME, Italy -Italy on Monday granted citizenship to a critically-ill baby at the center of a legal battle in Britain over whether she should continue to receive life-saving care. The parents of Indi Gregory have been fighting a case against doctors who say it is time to withdraw life support...
SEVILLE, Spain - The European Space Agency announced Monday it would hold a competition between firms to build a ship to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, in a potential first step towards independent missions carrying astronauts. (Photo from AFP) The ESA's 22 member states,...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn't believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia's invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky All elections including the presidential...
KYIV, Ukraine - A close adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army was killed when a grenade among his birthday gifts exploded on Monday, officials said. "Under tragic circumstances, my assistant and close friend, Major Gennadiy Chastiakov, was killed... on his birthday," General...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four relatives of a journalist were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency said, adding that the journalist was also wounded. The border area between the two countries has seen regular exchanges of fire, in particular...
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's air force air-dropped vital medical supplies to a field hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, King Abdullah II said early Monday. "Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza," he said on X,...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday following a trip to the occupied West Bank earlier in the day. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani met Blinken, the premier's office said, with the two expected to discuss the risks of...
