LONDON, United Kingdom - A former hospital worker was planning to use a homemade bomb to kill "as many nurses as possible" when he was arrested earlier this year, a British court was told on Monday Mohammed Farooq, 28, was found at a hospital in Leeds, northern England, with a viable pressure...
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job in protest at low wages Monday, sparking clashes with security forces and damaging multiple factories in unrest that left at least two people dead, police said. Bangladesh is one of the world's largest garment...
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a ceasefire in the Gaza war "will not happen" as it would amount to surrendering to the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu also told a press conference that other...
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and the West of instigating anti-Israel rioting at Dagestan's Makhachkala airport the previous day, an accusation that Washington has called absurd. President Vladimir Putin Security forces have detained over 80...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK government will welcome foreign political leaders, tech industry figures, academics and others this week for a two-day summit billed as the first of its kind on artificial intelligence (AI). Prime Minister Rishi Sunak The gathering, set to be attended by Prime...
NEW DELHI, India - At least 13 people were killed and around 50 injured when two trains collided in southeast India, officials said on Monday, updating an earlier toll of eight. The accident occurred late Sunday after one of the passenger trains overshot a signal between the towns of Alamanda...
KATHMANDU, Nepal - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world Monday to "stop the madness" of climate change as he visited Himalayan regions struggling from rapidly melting glaciers to witness the devastating impact of the phenomenon. "The rooftops of the world are caving in,"...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's King Charles III was heading to Kenya on Monday, his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation, where he faces widespread calls for an apology for abuses committed during colonial rule. "The King and Queen (Camilla) are on their way to Kenya for a...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, said health officials in the occupied territory, as violence has escalated amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. The army said its forces encountered explosive devices in a raid on Jenin...
VILLERS-CORRETES, France - French President Emmanuel Macron looked to cement his legacy, and take on political opponents, with the inauguration on Monday of a monument to the French language deep in far-right heartland. Modern French presidents love a cultural "grand projet" -- an imposing...
MADRID, Spain - Two people were found dead on Monday during the rescue of a boat crammed with 209 migrants near the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, rescuers said. The bodies were discovered during the operation 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of Tenerife, Spanish rescuers said. The people...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said it had struck part of Russia's air defence system in annexed Crimea overnight, as Moscow said it repelled a major attempted missile strike on the peninsula on Monday. Kyiv has increased attacks on the Black Sea peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, since it...
