MOSCOW, Russia - A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects south Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant. Fighting has increased in occupied parts of Ukraine's south and east with the...
PARIS, France - A French research ship equipped with an unmanned robot able to search deep under water arrived near the wreck of the Titanic on Thursday to join a massive search and rescue operation for a missing submersible. With just hours of oxygen believed to be left for the five people...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Thursday that Ukrainian forces in eastern and southern Ukraine were temporarily limiting their efforts to reclaim Moscow-held territory, after Kyiv launched its highly anticipated counter-offensive. "After conducting active hostilities over the past 16 days and...
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,...
