UNITED NATIONS, United States - A UN official warned on Monday that "an even more hellish scenario" looms in Gaza in which humanitarian aid simply grinds to a halt. (AFP Photo) "The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist," said Lynn Hastings, UN humanitarian...
PARIS, France - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution. (AFP Photo) Battle lines are being drawn over...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark will deploy army units to protect Jewish and Israeli sites in Copenhagen in response to an increase in anti-Semitism amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, government officials said Sunday. "The conflict in the Middle East has led to an...
NEW YORK, United States- A man with a knife killed four members of the same family and wounded two police officers before being shot dead himself, authorities in New York said Sunday. Police have yet to determine the man's motive but the rampage appeared to stem from a domestic dispute....
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House believes Israel is "making an effort" to minimize civilian deaths in Gaza, a senior official said Sunday, as international concern mounted over the numbers killed in the resumed war with Hamas. Speaking on the US Sunday talk shows, National Security...
NEW YORK, United States - An appeals court on Thursday reimposed a limited gag order on former president Donald Trump intended to protect court staff at his New York civil fraud trial after a flood of online abuse. Judge Arthur Engoron had slapped the gag order on Trump on October 3 after he...
WASHINGTON, United States - An American destroyer shot down multiple drones on Sunday while assisting commercial ships in the Red Sea that were targeted by attacks from Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels -- who said they targeted two of the ships --...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A UK interfaith coalition comprising religious, political and civic leaders, as well as grieving relatives of some of those killed in the Israel-Hamas war, held a vigil Sunday in London. Hundreds gathered mid-afternoon in wet and frigid conditions opposite Prime...
PADANG, Indonesia - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said. Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra, with a peak of 2,891 metres, is on the third-highest alert...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine said on Sunday a man had died in a Russian airstrike near the southern city of Kherson, adding it had downed 10 drones and a missile fired by Russia overnight. The 78-year-old man died on Sunday morning when the village of Sadove was bombarded, said the head of the regional...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis said on Sunday he was saddened the truce in the Gaza Strip had been broken and urged those involved to reach a new ceasefire deal as soon as possible. "There is so much suffering in Gaza," the pontiff said in Italian from his private residence, in remarks...
PADANG, Indonesia -- A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said. This handout picture taken and released on December 3, 2023 by Indonesia's National Disaster Agency shows...
