YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday blamed each other for an exchange of fire along their restive border, which killed one person and wounded four days ahead of EU-hosted peace talks. The Caucasus neighbours have been locked in a decades-long territorial dispute over the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK government on Thursday announced it would send Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, becoming the first country to provide longer-range weapons to Kyiv. "Today I can confirm that the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine," said Defence Secretary Ben...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's power stations, as part of the United States' efforts to combat climate change. Starting from 2030, the proposal from the Environmental Protection...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Israel and Gaza militants traded more heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as...
A man carries a child as refugees from Sudan cross into Ethiopia in Metema, on May 4, 2023. More than 15,000 people have fled Sudan via Metema since fighting broke out in Khartoum in mid-April, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration, with around a thousand arrivals...
AFP visual journalist Arman Soldin is pictured on a Ukrainian military truck during an assignment for AFP in Donbass on April 30, 2022. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) KYIV, Ukraine -- Messages of grief poured in Wednesday following the death of AFP journalist Arman Soldin in Ukraine, paying tribute to...
In this June 27, 2022, file photo, US President Joe Biden (R) greets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive to attend the outreach program on at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, during the Group of Seven Summit. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam's state electricity company warned on Wednesday that the national power system would come under strain this summer due to anticipated heatwaves, days after the country recorded its highest ever temperature. Temperatures surpassed 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit)...
This illustration picture shows a plastic bag drifting in the botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023 near Pietarsaari, during the late spring as the sea-ice is slowly melting. (Olivier MORIN / AFP) PARIS, France -- With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of...
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Telegram account on May 10, 2023 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Saudi's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, in Damascus. (Syrian Presidency Telegram Page / AFP) DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar...
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaking during the second reading of the Government's Illegal Immigration Bill, in the House of Lords in London on May 10, 2023. (PRU / AFP) LONDON, United...
A worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warn. (Loic VENANCE / AFP) DOHA, Qatar -- Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming...
