WASHINGTON, United States - The United States said Friday it sought to degrade ammunition supplies of Iranian-linked militias with strikes in Syria but insisted it did not want to widen the Middle East conflict. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby The Pentagon on Thursday announced...
ISMALIA , Egypt - Six people were lightly injured when an "unidentified drone fell" on an Egyptian town on the border with Israel on Friday, the army said. The army spokesman said the drone crashed into "a building next to Taba hospital", in the Red Sea town of the same name, across the border...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU leaders meeting in Brussels Friday discussed bolstering support for Ukraine, as they strived to focus on helping that country against Russia's invasion even as Middle East turmoil steals global attention. The discussion on Ukraine was taking place on the second day of...
LONDON, United Kingdom - King Charles III embarks Tuesday on a four-day trip to Kenya, his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation, where any comments he makes on Britain's colonial past will be closely scrutinised. Charles is expected to tackle "the more painful aspects" of the UK's...
GENEVA , Switzerland - The United Nations said Friday it was concerned that war crimes were being committed on both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN human rights office cited forcible transfer, collective punishment and the taking of hostages as the war continued into its...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has waived the statute of limitations for a priest and world-renowned mosaic artist accused of sexual and psychological abuse, opening the way for potential disciplinary proceedings, the Vatican said Friday. Slovenian Marko Rupnik, 68, has twice been...
LEWISTON, United States - Thousands of anxious small-town Maine residents began a second day under lockdown Friday as police waging a sprawling manhunt struggled to find a US Army reservist accused of killing 18 people in America’s deadliest mass shooting this year. Dozens of law...
Brussels, Belgium - French President Emmanuel Macron called Friday for a "humanitarian truce" in the Hamas-Israel conflict for the protection of civilians in Gaza, as he said Israel's response must "better target... terrorists". The war erupted after Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -Tesla mechanics in Sweden walked off the job on Friday to protest against the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement, the metalworkers union said. The strike affects around Tesla's 130 mechanics at seven workshops across Sweden, IF Metall union...
TOKYO, Japan - The European Union and Australia have made "progress" towards a free trade deal, France's trade minister said Friday, ahead of a Group of 7 trade meeting. "At the current stage of discussions, we have made a number of very positive advances," Olivier Becht told reporters on a...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Friday, Oct. 27, the confiscation of a total of P16,864,863.60 worth of illegal drugs and arrest of 513 drug suspects in a series of buy-bust operations in the city from Sept.1 to Oct. 26. QCPD said its different police stations and units...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian lawmakers backed a record increase in military spending to fund Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, in a first reading of the bill Thursday. Defence spending will account for almost a third of all outlays in 2024 -- up 68 percent to 10.8 trillion rubles ($115 billion). At...
