JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The Israeli military said Sunday it had confirmed 126 people held as hostages by Hamas since the Palestinian militant group staged their deadly attack eight days earlier. Authorities had initially estimated about 150 Israeli and foreign captives after Hamas launched its...
French Education and Youth Minister Gabriel Attal (L) stands beside flowers layed in front of the Gambetta high school in Arras, northeastern France on October 14, 2023, the day after a teacher was killed and two other people severely wounded in a knife attack. (DENIS CHARLET/AFP) ARRAS - France...
BEIJING, China - Chinese envoy Zhai Jun will visit the Middle East next week to push for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and promote peace talks, state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday. Zhai "will visit the Middle East next week to coordinate with various parties for a ceasefire, to...
Protesters let off fireworks in Trafalgar Square after a 'March For Palestine', part of a pro-Palestinian national demonstration, in London on October 14, 2023, organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization said Saturday that forcing thousands of hospital patients to evacuate to already overflowing hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip could be "tantamount to a death sentence." Israel has warned Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of an...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US on Saturday deployed a second aircraft carrier "to deter hostile actions against Israel" while President Joe Biden pushed for the protection of civilians amid the American ally's siege and bombardment of Gaza. The presence of the USS Eisenhower and its...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Council chief Charles Michel called a video-summit of EU leaders for next week to discuss the Israel-Hamas war, as the conflict entered its second week Saturday. He set it for Tuesday 5:30 pm (1530 GMT). "It is of utmost importance that the European Council, in...
PHILADELPHIA, United States - President Joe Biden announced new "hydrogen hubs" across the United States on Friday as part of efforts to boost the economy with green energy ahead of the 2024 election. (Photo from AFP) "I'm here to announce one of the largest advanced manufacturing investments...
SYDNEY, Australia - Polls opened Saturday in Australia's historic referendum on rights and recognition for Indigenous citizens, capping a campaign that has exposed deep fissures between the country's white majority and the descendants of its first inhabitants. (Photo from AFP) Almost 18...
NEW YORK, United States - The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sharply scaled back its earnings outlook for the year, blaming lower-than-expected sales of two drugs used to treat Covid-19, the company said Friday. It now "anticipates full-year 2023 revenues to be in the range of $58.0 to $61.0...
PARIS, France - Israel's ultimatum to more than a million Gazans giving them 24 hours to evacuate to the south of the coastal enclave was condemned Friday by countries and organisations around the world. The United Nations said it had been informed of the order shortly before midnight but as...
PANAMA CITY, Panama - A flight from Panama to the United States made a u-turn Friday after the discovery of a suspicious package in the toilet that turned out to be... an adult diaper, airport officials said. Panama's civil aviation authority at first announced the Copa flight between Panama...
