KYIV, Ukraine - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron vowed to maintain military support for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv announced on Thursday, with the West's attention focused on the Middle East. This handout picture taken and released by Ukraine Foreign Ministry press-service on...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's government has been given assurances by Hamas that 25 of its nationals held hostage by the Palestinian armed group are "safe", a member of the kingdom's hostage release negotiating team said Thursday. The hostages could be released in days if a ceasefire is agreed...
KIBBUTZ BEERI, Israel -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday called for Gaza hostages to be immediately freed, but asked Israel "not to be consumed by rage" in its battle with Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory. "I ask for their immediate and unconditional release," Borrell...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The UN human rights chief on Thursday decried allegations of serious rights violations in the Israel-Hamas war and suggested an international investigation was needed. Volker Turk said "extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches of international...
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russia sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison on Thursday for spreading disinformation about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine. Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, 33,...
Intramuros, the historic walled city of Manila, has once again earned international acclaim as it secures a nomination for the prestigious title of World's Leading Tourist Attraction at the 2023 World Travel Awards. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Intramuros has been recognized on this...
DUBAI (AFP) -- After dropping a bombshell this week that he was resigning as the player director of the PGA Tour’s policy board, Rory McIlroy will aim to win a third DP World Tour Championship, which starts at the Earth course of Jumeirah Golf Estates from Thursday, Nov. 16. Northern Irish Rory...
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan suffered a blow on the eve of World Cup qualifying as Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma ruled out with injury, the football association said on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Brighton's Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma (AFP) The 26-year-old has scored seven goals in 18 appearances for his country...
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Israel a "terror state", stepping up his condemnation of the spiraling civilian toll of its war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Erdogan's latest -- and one of the most heated -- verbal attacks against Israel came two...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Moscow-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine. The admission came as President Volodymyr Zelensky said it had been a...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Egypt and Jordan, her spokesman said Wednesday, amid fighting between Israel and Hamas that has raged for more than five weeks. The EU chief will on Saturday meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
ANKARA, Turkey - More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport...
