SYDNEY, Australia - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit northern Papua New Guinea on Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was "no tsunami threat" from the inland quake, which struck at 6:22 am local time (2022 GMT Saturday) at a depth of...
WASHINGTON, United States - Tucked in the massive funding bill signed Saturday by President Joe Biden is a provision banning the flying of LGBTQ Pride flags over US embassies, but the White House has vowed to work toward its repeal. The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2024. The US House...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia on Saturday claimed a new territorial victory over Ukrainian forces struggling to find weapons and troops while the two sides staged deadly aerial attacks on each other. This handout photograph posted on the Telegram account of the Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military...
MONTREAL, Canada - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was remembered Saturday as a man who loved his country "with all his heart," as mourners bid farewell to Canada's last Cold War leader. Canadian ministers, business leaders and friends were among the crowd at the state funeral at Notre-Dame...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The UN secretary-general and Security Council offered their "strongest" condemnations of the deadly attack Friday at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow and offered condolences to the victims of the "terrorist" incident. UN Chief Antonio Guterres UN chief...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit the Egypt-Gaza border city of Rafah on Saturday to reiterate his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, his spokesman said Friday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres, who is...
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House wished Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, a full recovery on Friday after her cancer diagnosis -- with First Lady Jill Biden saying "we love you." A handout still from a recording released by The Prince and Princess of Wales on March 22, 2024...
OTTAWA, Canada - Ottawa and the provincial government of Manitoba on Friday committed Can$40 million (US$30 million) to search a landfill for the remains of Indigenous women who were allegedly murdered by a serial killer. The two governments agreed to split the cost, an Indigenous leader and...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - Plans to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia, which outlawed the practice in 2015, risks setting a "dangerous precedent," UN representatives warned Friday. Anti Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) protesters hold placards outside the...
KRASNOGORSK, Russia –Gunmen who opened fire at a Moscow concert hall killed more than 60 people and wounded over 100 while sparking an inferno, authorities said Saturday, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms entered the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy, asking for "time, space and privacy" as she completes her treatment. A woman in the village of Marsden, northern England, watches a recording of Britain's...
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization sounded the alarm Friday on the worsening health situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where cholera, measles, mpox, anthrax and plague are wreaking havoc. The health crisis is being exacerbated by violence, climate shocks,...
