WASHINGTON, United States - A Russian-American journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, her employer and a journalist watchdog group said Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the US...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK police on Wednesday charged Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg with a public order offence, following her detention at a protest outside an annual gathering of energy industry figures in London. The 20-year-old activist -- a key face of the movement to fight...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The British Museum in London has recovered 350 of approximately 2,000 artefacts believed to have been stolen from its collection by an ex-employee, chairman George Osborne said Wednesday. The storied museum, one of the UK capital's biggest tourist draws best...
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's president said Wednesday he would not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it would set a precedent for "the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan." After talks with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Abdel Fattah...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was a "mistake" for Washington to give Ukraine long-range ATACMS missiles, warning they would not affect the frontline and would prolong Ukraine's "agony.” Ukraine asked its Western allies for longer-range weapons to strike deep...
TEL AVIV , Israel - US President Joe Biden on a visit to Israel Wednesday backed his ally's stance blaming Palestinian militants for a rocket strike on a hospital that killed hundreds in war-torn Gaza and has inflamed anger across the Middle East. Arab countries blamed Israel, which has rained...
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories -Palestinian protesters took to the streets in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, blaming Israel for a strike on a hospital in war-torn Gaza that killed hundreds. Israel has denied the accusation and said the hospital was hit by an Islamic Jihad rocket that...
ISTANBUL - Turkey will declare three days' mourning over a deadly strike on a hospital in war-torn Gaza that killed hundreds, a Turkish official told AFP on Wednesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fervent supporter of the Palestinian cause, has accused Israel of "striking a hospital...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that "political mutual trust" between their countries was "continuously deepening", Beijing's state media reported. TOPSHOT - This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows...
BEIJING, China -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the third Belt and...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country rejected "economic coercion" and "bloc confrontation" Wednesday, at the opening ceremony of a forum of international delegates to the Belt and Road forum in Beijing. (L-R) China's President Xi Jinping, Russia's President Vladimir...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, announced Tuesday that it has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use basic features like posting messages. X, owned since last year by the billionaire Elon Musk, said in a statement that its...
