LONDON, United Kingdom - Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal on Thursday warned that his country's counter-offensive against invading Russian forces "will take time" but said he was "optimistic" about its success. Early this month, Kyiv's military launched its highly anticipated...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi authorities announced on Wednesday plans to prosecute police and civil servants accused of torturing detainees under the administration of former prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi. The 14 alleged perpetrators, including nine police officers, were part of a cell known as...
Palestinian school girls mourn during the funeral of their classmate 15-year-old Sadil Naghnaghiya, in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on June 21, 2023. AFP SHILO, Palestinian Territories -- Israelis and Palestinians held funerals Wednesday for teenagers killed in a shooting targeting Israelis and...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Swiss President Alain Berset announced Wednesday that he will quit the government at the end of 2023, in a surprise move after more than a decade of ministerial service. Berset, 51, said he would step down from Switzerland's Federal Council government at the end of year,...
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in eastern Tunisia on Wednesday, the state-owned SNCFT rail company said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight (2300 GMT) when a train operating between Tunis and...
PARIS, France -- Tiny pieces of plastic have been found littered throughout human bodies, trapped in our lungs and laced through our blood, but the long-term health effects of this exposure remain unclear. Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics, plastic...
BEIJING, China -- China's foreign ministry on Wednesday slammed comments by US President Joe Biden equating Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "dictators" as an "open political provocation". Speaking at a fundraiser in California on Tuesday, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in February...
PARIS, France -- The world's poorest countries are bearing the brunt of the world's debt crisis, at a time when they need more cash than ever to fight climate change. As top officials gather in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, AFP takes a look at the problem. Which countries...
A 19-year-old teenager was arrested by South Korean police on Tuesday, June 20, after trying to open the door of the plane mid-flight due to what he called pressure on his chest. According to South Korean authorities, the teenager was on a Jeju Air flight from Cebu, Philippines going to Incheon,...
BOSTON, United States - Rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday in their search for a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board. One of the passengers has been identified as British businessman Hamish Harding, whose aviation firm had...
FRANKFURT, Germany - A cross that former pope Benedict XVI used to wear on his chest has been stolen from a church in southern Germany where it was on display, police said Tuesday. The pectoral cross was in a case in the wall of St. Oswald's church in Traunstein, in the state of Bavaria,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has moved its first-ever joint drills, Indonesia's military said Tuesday, edging them away from waters disputed by China. The bloc's joint exercises were initially slated for the North Natuna Sea, which Indonesia claims as its...
