GENEVA, Switzerland - More children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday. "Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell criticized the lack of aid entering Gaza as a "manmade" disaster on Tuesday, telling the UN Security Council that hunger was being used as a "war arm." "This humanitarian crisis... is not a natural disaster, is not a flood, is...
JOINT BASE LANGLEY EUSTIS, United States - Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia on Tuesday carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment needed to build a temporary port on Gaza's coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. US soldiers stand on the pier as the USAV SP4 James A. Loux casts off...
PARIS, France - France's parliament Tuesday passed legislation to systematically suspend parental authority for those being investigated for incest or domestic violence, and withdraw it fully if they are sentenced. TOPSHOT - France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses a speech during a meeting...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday announced his candidacy to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as chief of NATO, vowing -- as a leader of a country bordering the Ukraine war -- to bring "renewal of perspective" at a crucial time for the alliance. (FILES) Romanian President...
STRASBOURG, France - EU countries need to step up preparedness for global warming after 2023 burned its way into history books as the hottest year on record, European Commission officials said Tuesday. "Europe is the fastest warming continent since the 1980s -- the warming here was about twice the...
STRASBOURG, France - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday Brussels was recommending member states open formal membership talks with Bosnia, in the latest move towards expanding the bloc in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This photograph taken on March 12, 2024 shows flags of...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said on Tuesday that a military cargo plane with 15 people on board had crashed while taking off from an airfield for a schedule flight. Moscow said the Ilyushin-76 plane crashed in the Ivanovo region, 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of Moscow, after one of its engines...
NICOSIA, Cyprus - A ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza left from Cyprus's Larnaca port on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the NGO operating the vessel said. The Open Arms vessel (C) is pictured in the Cypriot port of Larnaca on March 11, 2024. A Cyprus...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron's Ukraine strategy will be put to a symbolic vote in parliament's lower house on Tuesday as political tensions rage in the run-up to June's European Parliament elections. Following a debate, the National Assembly lower house will hold a non-binding...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over UK sex offence charges, police said on Tuesday. British-US former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) is led by police officers into the Court of...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - New Zealand investigators Tuesday seized the flight recorder from a Boeing-made LATAM plane, searching for the cause of a mid-air plunge that injured dozens of terrified travellers. TOPSHOT - The LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that suddenly lost altitude...
