LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's King Charles III was heading to Kenya on Monday, his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation, where he faces widespread calls for an apology for abuses committed during colonial rule. "The King and Queen (Camilla) are on their way to Kenya for a...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, said health officials in the occupied territory, as violence has escalated amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. The army said its forces encountered explosive devices in a raid on Jenin...
VILLERS-CORRETES, France - French President Emmanuel Macron looked to cement his legacy, and take on political opponents, with the inauguration on Monday of a monument to the French language deep in far-right heartland. Modern French presidents love a cultural "grand projet" -- an imposing...
MADRID, Spain - Two people were found dead on Monday during the rescue of a boat crammed with 209 migrants near the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, rescuers said. The bodies were discovered during the operation 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of Tenerife, Spanish rescuers said. The people...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said it had struck part of Russia's air defence system in annexed Crimea overnight, as Moscow said it repelled a major attempted missile strike on the peninsula on Monday. Kyiv has increased attacks on the Black Sea peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, since it...
BERLIN, Germany - At least three workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, with a fourth person believed trapped in the rubble, a fire brigade spokeswoman told AFP. The spokeswoman said a fifth labourer had been...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of playing a "key role" in an anti-Israel riot at an airport in the Muslim-majority region of Dagestan on Sunday. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), broke through doors and barriers at Makhachkala...
BANDUNG, Indonesia - A dozen Indonesians died and four were in critical condition after drinking illegal bootleg liquor, authorities said Monday, the latest deaths caused by home-made alcohol in the Muslim-majority country. Most Indonesians practise a moderate form of Islam and alcohol is...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories -- Israeli forces killed three Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surges across the territory during the ongoing war in Gaza. TOPSHOT - This image taken from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip...
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday warned the situation in Hamas-ruled Gaza is declining rapidly as he repeated desperate appeals for a ceasefire to end the "nightmare" of bloodshed. "The situation in Gaza is growing more desperate by the hour. I regret that instead...
TOKYO, Japan -- Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said. The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, professor of University of...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday his government plans to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution to make them "irreversible". In an online post, Macron said a draft project would be submitted to the State Council, France's highest administrative court, this coming...
