Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China would prioritize ties with Russia, calling the two "great neighboring powers" as he prepared for a second day of talks with Vladimir Putin expected to focus on Ukraine. The Chinese president also said he invited the internationally isolated Putin to visit China...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - China's Xi Jinping this week invited the leaders of the ex-Soviet republics of Central Aisa to a first joint summit in China, a bid to boost Beijing's influence in Russia's backyard. The Chinese president extended the offer to the "first China-Central Asia summit",...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -Â A blast at a home in central Mexico that doubled as an unauthorized fireworks producer killed at least seven people and injured 15 others, state officials said. "The explosion occurred inside a house where fireworks were being clandestinely manufactured and stored," the...
JINDAYRIS, Syria - Thousands of angry Kurds rallied in rebel-held northern Syria on Tuesday after pro-Turkish fighters killed four fellow Kurds who were celebrating their Nowruz new year festival, an AFP correspondent reported. "They killed my children for no reason," Kuli Maho, 70, told AFP...
ATHENS, Greece - Greek train drivers on Tuesday called for safety assurances as officials prepared to restart the country's rail network after last month's collision that killed 57 people. In a statement to services operator Hellenic Train, the drivers' union PEPE called for better monitoring...
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's parliament was due to vote Tuesday on anti-gay legislation which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations in a country where homosexuality is already illegal. Under the proposed law, anyone in the conservative East African nation who engages in...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson admitted on Tuesday that he misled parliament by telling MPs that parties at his Downing Street office did not break Covid lockdown rules. But in evidence submitted to a powerful parliamentary committee probing his...
MILAN, Italy -- Hundreds of people took to the streets in Milan on Saturday in protest against moves by Italy's new right-wing government to restrict the rights of same-sex parents. "You explain to my son that I'm not his mother," read one sign held up amid a sea of rainbow flags that filled one of...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A Pakistan judge dropped an arrest warrant against former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday, his lawyers said, after the ex-cricketing star, who had skipped several hearings, travelled to court. The 70-year-old has been tangled in a slew of court cases since he was ousted...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula's annexation, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him over the Ukraine conflict. Turkey announced the extension of a deal that has...
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Britain's interior minister defended a controversial plan to deport asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda during a visit there Saturday, when she inspected the centres where they will be held. "Many countries around the world are grappling with unprecedented numbers of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Anti-racism protesters marched in London on Saturday to denounce the government's controversial plan to tackle cross-Channel migrant crossings by preventing arrivals from applying for asylum. Around 2,000 protesters, many carrying signs reading "no human being is...
