MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said Sunday it had downed Ukrainian drones over four regions, including Moscow, as well as two Ukrainian missiles over the Azov Sea headed for Russia. Moscow said the drone attacks hit border regions and regions close to Moscow, the day after Kyiv reported what it...
ATHENS, Greece -- A major rescue operation was under way on Sunday for 13 people missing after a Comoros-flagged cargo ship sank in gale-force winds off the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos. Medical staffs carry on a stretcher a survivor from the Comoros-flagged cargo ship that has sunk off the island...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company has been boarded off the coast of Yemen, the maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. Ambrey said that "US naval forces are engaged in the situation" after...
SILKYARA TUNNEL, India -- India's military brought in specialised equipment Sunday as efforts to free 41 trapped workers entered a third week, with digging ongoing in three directions after repeated setbacks to the operation. The Indian air force said Sunday that they were "responding with...
TAKING THE LEAD IBF chairperson Pamela Louise Manalo Not a lot of events can get me to willingly leave my bed before 6:30 in the morning but the annual International Bazaar hosted by the International Bazaar Foundation (IBF) is one of the very few that can. Coordinated by the International Bazaar...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 12,569 mpox cases and 581 related deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year to November 12, the highest annual figure ever recorded. The infectious disease, formerly known as monkeypox, was first identified in...
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli fire hit one of its patrols in the country's south on Saturday, despite a Hamas-Israel truce largely quietening the Lebanon-Israel frontier. Lebanese farmer and minibus driver Abdallah Abdallah stands in front of his tractor...
DOHA, Qatar -- A total of 13 Israeli hostages are to be freed "tonight" for 39 Palestinian prisoners, in a delayed second exchange agreed as part of a temporary truce in Gaza, mediator Qatar said Saturday. Seven foreigners held in Gaza will also be released, it added. "After a delay, obstacles to...
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories -- Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians over a 24-hour period in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday. TOPSHOT - Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces during a raid at the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, east of...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- A nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl was among the latest group of hostages released by Hamas fighters on Saturday, Ireland's prime minister said in a statement. "This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family," Leo Varadkar said. "An innocent child who was...
MADRID (AFP) -- The judge leading an investigation into former Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup final trophy ceremony has pushed back the footballer's hearing to January. Jenni Hermoso (AFP) Rubiales eventually resigned over the issue --...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- FIFA on Friday, Nov. 24, confirmed disciplinary proceedings have been opened into the football federations of Brazil and Argentina after a brawl delayed the start of a 2026 World Cup qualifying match. Tuesday's match in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, which world champions...
