White House in the United States (File photo) WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States is less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown, with the stakes increasing as lawmakers struggle to agree on a short-term spending bill. Several budget bills are currently being discussed...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) UNITED NATIONS, United States --...
HONG KONG, China- China has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit their local staffers' names, home addresses and job descriptions, according to diplomatic sources and documents seen by AFP on Tuesday. The documents include a letter in English and Chinese dated Monday from...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it had been affected by what it called "anomalous activity" regarding its IT systems and that it was currently responding to this "cybersecurity incident." The ICC, which among other things is investigating war crimes in...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Iran Tuesday for meetings to deepen Moscow's defense ties with Tehran, Russian news agencies reported. Moscow has sought to strengthen its alliances with other countries ostracised by the West, including Iran, which has...
DERNA, Libya - Telephone and internet links were severed Tuesday to Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, a day after hundreds protested there against local authorities they blamed for the thousands of deaths. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams upstream from the city on...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian strikes on three Ukrainian cities including Kupyansk in the northeast, where Moscow has led a local offensive for weeks, killed six civilians on Tuesday, Kyiv said. "Today, the enemy struck the city of Kupyansk with a guided aerial bomb," the head of the north-eastern...
NEW YORK, United States - The United States on Monday confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said that President Joe Biden had granted clemency to five Iranians jailed or awaiting trial for non-violent crimes. A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran....
DOHA, Qatar -Five US detainees released by Iran took off for Doha in a prisoner swap Monday, an informed source told AFP, after $6 billion in frozen funds were transferred to Iranian accounts in Qatar. The five, who include a businessman and a conservationist, and who left Iran on a Qatari plane...
KYIV - Ukraine said on Monday its forces had recaptured small clutches of land from Russian forces along the southern front and near Bakhmut, regions where Kyiv's troops have focused their slow-moving counter-offensive. Kyiv launched its bid to wrest back territory controlled by Moscow in June,...
ATHENS, Greece - Five members of a Greek humanitarian aid team, sent to Libya after the devastating floods that hit Derna, have been killed in a road accident, Greek officials said on Monday, raising a previous toll. "Five bodies, including three officials of the Greek army and two translators from...
SYDNEY, Australia - Three people have been wounded after a stabbing at an Australian university campus on Monday afternoon, police said. Two 20-year-old women are in hospital -- one in critical condition and one stable -- after the attack, which happened around 2.45 pm (0445 GMT) at the...
