WASHINGTON, United States - Russia is using its spy network, state-run media and social media to undermine public trust in elections around the world, according to a US intelligence report released Friday that was shared with around 100 countries. "Russia is focused on carrying out operations...
NEW YORK, United States - Global stock markets slid Friday on worries that an expected ground invasion of Gaza by Israel would spark a wider conflict in the Middle East. Wall Street stocks declined Friday, as investors looked to lower their risk going into the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden and European Union leaders delivered a message of unity Friday on the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine wars, despite worries that political paralysis in Washington could hamper US aid for its allies. (Photo from AFP) "These conflicts show democracies...
Mexico City, Mexico - Hurricane Norma on Friday once again strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it approaches a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast. (Photo from AFP) The hurricane -- which at one point was a Category 4 out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- is now packing maximum...
Gaza's Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in brutal October 7 attacks in Israel and indicated that more could follow. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan were back in Israel late Friday, the Israeli government said. No...
NEW YORK, United States - The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's civil fraud trial fined the former US president $5,000 on Friday for not complying with a partial gag order and threatened him with possible jail time for future violations. Former President Donald Trump Judge Arthur...
JERUSALEM - Most of the 200 or so people kidnapped in Israel by Hamas militants and taken to the Gaza Strip are still alive, the Israeli military said on Friday. "The majority of the hostages are alive. There were also dead bodies that were taken... to the Gaza Strip," an army statement said. The...
RAFAH , Egypt - Aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza are "a lifeline" which need to move into the war-torn Palestinian enclave as soon as possible, the UN chief said Friday. "These trucks are not just trucks, they are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin denounced Friday an address by US President Joe Biden in which he compared Russia to Hamas and called Vladimir Putin a "tyrant." "We do not accept such a tone in relation to the Russian Federation, in relation to our president," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told...
WASHINGTON, United States - European Council President Charles Michel will visit Egypt on Saturday where he will call for support for the country, which borders the war-torn Gaza Strip, he said Thursday. "Egypt needs support, so let's support Egypt," said Michel, who is in Washington to attend...
NAIROBI, Kenya - Four women died in a stampede in western Kenya Friday after a crowd panicked when people mistook the effect of tea spilt on a fire for tear gas, police said. The incident in the town of Kericho happened outside a stadium where President William Ruto was due to deliver a...
BRECHIN, United Kingdom - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland. The UK's Met Office issued a rare red severe weather warning for parts of eastern Scotland with "exceptional rainfall" of up to 22...
