BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU ministers expressed "discomfort" on Tuesday at political outlier Hungary taking on the bloc's rotating presidency next year, but Budapest vowed nothing could prevent it filling the prominent role. The European Parliament is to vote on a non-binding resolution on...
JERUSALEM, Undefined - An Israeli civilian was shot dead Tuesday at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, medics and military officials said. The 32-year-old was identified as Meir Tamari by the Shomron Regional Council, the Israeli body which administers settlements...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Monday held the first trial session for one of the two detained female journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini's death in custody last year, her lawyer said. Months of nationwide protests erupted after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died on September 16 following her...
The Popular Party (PP) party's leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo gives a press conference at the party headquarters in Madrid on May 29, 2023 one day after local and regional elections. Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP MADRID, Spain -- In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap...
TOKYO, Japan -- North Korea has informed Japan that it is preparing to launch a satellite as early as this week, Tokyo announced Monday but warned it may actually be a sanctions-defying ballistic missile test. North Korea informed Japan that it will launch a rocket between May 31 and June 11,...
A staff member from the China space program stands before the launch platform of the Shenzhou-16 Manned Space Flight Mission one day before launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's northwestern Gansu province on May 29, 2023. Hector RETAMAL / AFP JIUQUAN, China -- China will send...
HONG KONG, China -- A Hong Kong court on Monday began the trial of 13 people over the storming and ransacking of the city's legislature in 2019, which was an unprecedented challenge to the Beijing-backed government. It was the most violent episode in the initial phase of huge democracy protests that...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that global plastics pollution was a "time bomb", as diplomats began five days of talks in Paris to make progress on a treaty to end plastic waste. Representatives of 175 nations with divergent ambitions met at UNESCO headquarters...
A woman wearing sun protective clothing commutes on a bicycle amid hot weather in Shanghai on May 29, 2023. Shanghai on May 29 recorded its hottest May day in 100 years, the city's meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree. STR / AFP SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai...
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country's parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world's harshest. Museveni "has assented to the...
Nepali people take part in a procession to mark the 16th International Everest Day or a day to mark the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu on May 29, 2023. NISHA BHANDARI / AFP KHUMJUNG, Nepal -- The sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa led celebrations...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Ermine Erdogan wave to his supporters following his victory in the second round of the presidential election at the Presidential Palace in Ankara early May 29, 2023. Adem ALTAN / AFP ANKARA, Türkiye -- Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were among world...
