MURCIA, Spain - A Spanish nightclub that was ravaged by fire over the weekend, killing 13 people, had been ordered to shut in 2022, authorities said on Monday, as an investigation began into the cause of the tragedy. The blaze -- which broke out early on Sunday in a building housing the Fonda...
DHAKA, Bangladesh - More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, the country's worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, which is increasing in frequency due to climate change. Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas and causes high fevers, headaches,...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said on Monday that Western fatigue over Ukraine "will grow,” as the future of United States aid for Kyiv hung in the balance. A compromise struck in the US Congress over the weekend left out fresh funding for Ukraine due to opposition from hardline Republicans....
ISMAILIA, Egypt - A huge fire ripped through a regional police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia before dawn Monday, gutting the building and leaving at least 45 people injured. Authorities said they had launched a probe into the cause of the blaze that destroyed the Security...
Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen talks with media prior to the EU-Ukraine Foreign Minister's meeting in Kyiv on October 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) KYIV, Ukraine -- European Union foreign ministers on Monday gathered in the...
Former US president Donald Trump (AFP photo) NEW YORK, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump will appear in a New York court on Monday as a civil fraud trial against him and two of his sons kicks off, with the case threatening the Republican's business empire as he campaigns to retake...
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed trains named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Halim station in Jakarta on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP photo) ANKARA, Türkiye -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that his country "no longer expects anything from the European Union, which has kept us waiting at its door for 40 years". "We have kept all the promises we have made to the...
Former US president Jimmy Carter smiles while talking to journalists at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 15, 2008. Jimmy Carter, the longest-living US president, turned 99 on October 1, 2023, defying the odds seven months after entering hospice care...
A pedestrian walks past a mural painted in colours of the Serbian flag, reading "Kosovo" in Belgrade on October 1, 2023. Nearly a week after deadly clashes in Kosovo which triggered one of the gravest escalations in the former breakaway province in years, the opportunity for reconciliation between...
US President Joe Biden (AFP Photo) WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Sunday vowed the United States would not abandon Ukraine despite aid being dropped from a deal to avoid a government shutdown, urging Republicans to "stop the games" on funding. "I want to assure our American...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- September was the deadliest month for dengue fever in Bangladesh, where an average of 13 people died daily from the mosquito-borne disease. In September, dengue claimed 396 lives, including 14 new deaths reported Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
