MOSCOW, Russia - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown. Alexei Navalny Authorities transferred Russia's most prominent opposition politician to an...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed "great concern" about a Catholic parish in war-torn Gaza with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, his office said on Sunday. Macron spoke with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa by telephone on Saturday to discuss the "tragic situation" there...
VATRY, France - Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking. TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected "human trafficking" at...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian bombardment killed four people and injured nine over 24 hours in the frontline southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the region's governor said on Sunday. Russian forces fired 71 shells at Kherson from Saturday to Sunday morning, hitting the city centre, residential areas,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace...
KYIV. Ukraine - Many Ukrainians will on Monday celebrate Christmas Day on December 25 for the first time, after the government changed the date from the Orthodox Church observance of January 7 in a snub to Russia. Passengers walk along a platform decorated with a Christmas tree at a subway...
WASHINGTON, United States - Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing "America is back," the country's international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas. An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a...
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey launched air operations "against terrorist targets in the north of Syria and Iraq", its defence ministry said Saturday, after 12 of its soldiers were killed over two days. In a press release on its website, the ministry said "29 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters,...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Saturday voiced deepening concern over the fate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has not been heard from since early December. "We are deeply concerned about the whereabouts of Alexei Navalny, who has now been missing in...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Church bells rang, flags flew at half-mast and masses were held across the Czech Republic on Saturday, a day of national mourning for the victims of a deadly shooting at Prague's Charles University. A mother and her child place a candle at a makeshift memorial for the the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Around 70 of those onboard are children and 88 are women, the UNHCR refugee agency...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden on Saturday pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilian lives in Gaza, the White House said, as the country's forces mounted fresh military strikes in the territory. The conversation came a day after the UN Security Council...
