SAMARRA, Iraq - A collision between two minibuses killed 18 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, medical officials said on Saturday. The "horrible accident" occurred between Dujail and Samarra, state news agency INA said, citing Khaled Burhan, director of health...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Interior minister Suella Braverman said Saturday she has ordered Britain's law enforcement watchdog to review "political activism and impartiality" within the police, in a move likely to be seen as highly politicized. Braverman, who has infuriated opponents since...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Gabon's army said on Saturday that it would reopen the country's borders, closed in the wake of the military coup that ousted ex-president Ali Bongo. (Photo from AFP) A spokesman for Gabon's military rulers said on state TV that they had "decided with immediate effect to...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the Kremlin said, amid hopes the two can restore a deal ensuring safe passage for grain shipments. Russia pulled out from the UN-backed grain agreement that Turkey helped broker...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Search dogs looked for bodies on Friday in a Johannesburg building that went up in flames killing dozens and forcing South Africa to confront an illegal housing "crisis". (Photo from AFP) At least 74 people including 12 children died as fire ripped through the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. (Photo from AFP) The claim came as Kyiv said police in the capital were responding...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile. (Photo from AFP) The move came a day after the billionaire ex-prime minister, 74,...
PARIS, France - Kenya next week hosts a flagship climate conference designed to showcase Africa as a potential powerhouse for green energy, in the first of a flurry of big meetings ahead of crunch UN talks. (Photo from AFP) With the world far adrift of its goal of slashing carbon emissions and...
This photo taken on July 30, 2023 shows people using umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from the heat while walking outside Shinjuku station, as temperatures of 35C-plus (95F) have scorched the Japanese capital Tokyo for weeks. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's summer...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he led a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia. Former US President Donald Trump (Photo from AFP) The Republican presidential frontrunner, who...
Pope Francis (C) greets a child as he attends a welcoming ceremony at the Apostolic Nunciature to Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Anand TUMURTOGOO / AFP) ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday for the first papal visit to the Asian nation, as he...
Tourists stand in front of taped walkway entrance glass doors in Hong Kong on September 1, 2023, hours before the arrival of Typhoon Saola. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) HONG KONG , China -- Tens of millions of people across southern China hunkered down Friday as Super Typhoon Saola swept...
