WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Wednesday warned Israel that efforts to destroy Hamas cannot spell "continuous suffering" for Palestinian civilians and issued a renewed call for a ceasefire. In a rare joint statement, prime ministers Anthony Albanese,...
PARIS, France - The United States will always insist on the need to protect journalists reporting from Gaza during the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. AFP and other international media groups had...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy. "No woman should be forced to go to court or flee her home state just to...
WASHINGTON, Unites States - President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that Russia was banking on the United States abandoning Ukraine, as he promised President Volodymyr Zelensky he would support Kyiv despite Republicans blocking new military aid. US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK defence ministry has been fined £350,000 ($440,000) for disclosing personal information of 265 Afghans seeking to flee the Taliban, a data watchdog announced on Wednesday. "This deeply regrettable data breach let down those to whom our country owes so much," said...
PARIS, France - Diamonds in the dust -- a ring worth 750,000 euros ($807,000), which went missing at the luxury Ritz hotel in Paris, has been found in a vacuum cleaner. The ring went missing on Friday and its owner suspected hotel staff of theft. On Sunday, it was found in a vacuum cleaner bag...
WASHINGTON, United States - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned plea for continued US military support Monday in a Washington speech, warning that failure to help his country defeat Russian invasion is fulfilling the Kremlin's "dreams" of wrecking democracy in Europe....
OTTAWA, Canada - A former Canadian chef accused of selling suicide kits that lead to deaths in several countries was charged Monday with 14 counts of murder related to suicides in Canada as a result of his online scheme. The charges filed against Kenneth Law, 58, are on top of 14 he already...
GENEVA, Switzerland - US humanitarian and businesswoman Kate Forbes was on Monday elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, becoming only the second woman to hold the position. "Kate Forbes's election as president of the IFRC is a historic moment," the...
WASHINGTON, United States - Federal prosecutors asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to rule quickly on whether former president Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution so his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election can go ahead as scheduled. Former US President Donald...
MOSCOW, Russia - Voting for the Russian presidential election, which is likely to see Vladimir Putin re-elected, will be held in four Ukrainian regions the Kremlin claimed to have annexed last year, Moscow said on Monday. The Central Elections Commission said voting in March would go ahead in...
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's controversial top court, which critics say is under the political sway of the conservative government, ruled Monday that EU fines imposed for non-compliance with provisional European court decisions were unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court said all the fines,...
