MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a staunch ally of Moscow, is visiting China Sunday and Monday to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, the Belarusian presidency said. Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the High-Level Segment for Heads of State and...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Nine people, including two off-duty army personnel, were killed when gunmen opened fire on a bus travelling through northern Pakistan, causing it to crash into an oncoming truck and catch fire, officials said Sunday. The bus was attacked at around 6:30 pm local time (1330 GMT)...
PARIS, France -- French prosecutors have launched an investigation into a "terrorist plot" after a man known to the authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a tourist to death and wounded two other people in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested. A forensic...
SOUL, South Korea -- The office operating North Korea's newly launched spy satellite will run as a military intelligence organisation, state media said Sunday. Pyongyang successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit last month and has since claimed it was providing images of major US and...
Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. An Israeli strike lights the sky above Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip as battles resumed...
The Department of Health (DOH), local government agencies, health institutions, private sector entities, and non-government organizations hosted this year's World AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Day, emphasizing the significant role of communities in propelling impactful change and...
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Ahmed Zouiten, representative and head of mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya, confirmed on Saturday that WHO plans to work with the Libyan health authorities to fight against AIDS. Zouiten made his remarks during an event to mark World AIDS Day held in the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- French President Emmanuel Macron warned Saturday that Israel's aim of eliminating the Palestinian militant group Hamas risked unleashing a decade of war. "I think we're at a point where the Israeli authorities are going to have to define their objective and desired...
KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories -- At almost exactly the same time Israeli negotiators pulled out of deadlocked truce talks in Qatar on Saturday, Israeli jets sent a prestige Doha-funded housing development in the Gaza Strip up in smoke. Hamad City is named for the former emir of the Gulf...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian border guards prevented ex-president Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country Friday because he planned to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Kyiv's security services said. Poroshenko, in power from 2014 to 2019, had planned a number of high-level meetings...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine launched an enquiry on Sunday into what it said was an "execution" by Russia forces of two unarmed Ukrainian soldiers who had signalled their intention to surrender. Ukrainian officials condemned the reported incident as a "war crime". There was no official reaction from...
MUNICH, Germany - Heavy snowfall brought chaos to parts of southern Germany on Saturday, with air and rail traffic blocked in the Bavarian state capital of Munich. After first suspending flights until noon Saturday (1100 GMT), Munich airport later said it would remain closed until 6:00 am...
