BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libya's eastern authorities Sunday announced the postponement of a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna that had been planned for October 10 but was met with international scepticism. The event was put off until November 1-2 to "offer time for the submission...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Russia was targeted by another wave of Ukrainian drones and shelling on Sunday, wounding three people and forcing an airport to divert flights, officials said. Since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in early June, Russian regions have accused Kyiv's armed forces of almost...
MADRID, Spain -- At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris. The fire broke out in the two-storey "Teatre" nightclub, also called "Fonda Milagros", in the...
This photograph taken on October 1, 2023 during an Azeri government organized media trip shows Azerbaijani servicemen standing guard at the Lachin checkpoint. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP) LACHIN, Azerbaijan -- A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a costly government shutdown -- although the deal left out aid to war-torn Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden. Three hours before the midnight...
PARIS, France -- A new roadmap to reduce the environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a United Nations conference on Saturday as part of a drive to manage damaging chemical exposure. The Global Framework on Chemicals was adopted by governments, companies, and NGOs at the fifth...
BEIJING, China -- China on Saturday accused the United States of being an "empire of lies", hitting back after a State Department report claimed Beijing spends billions of dollars to spread disinformation globally. The report, released Thursday by the US State Department's Global Engagement Center,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Several people were injured after two trains, one of which was the storied Flying Scotsman, collided at Aviemore railway station in the Highlands of Scotland on Friday, police said. The Flying Scotsman The crash happened on the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A quarter of a century after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a gang feud in Las Vegas, a man was charged Friday with his murder, a killing that came to symbolize the violence of gangsta rap as it surged into the mainstream. Duane "Keffe D" Davis Duane "Keffe D"...
BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was awake and recovering from hip surgery on Friday, which his doctor said went off without a hitch. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva "The surgery went without complications, the president is awake, going to...
WASHINGTON, United States - Another 7,000 members of the biggest US automobile workers' union on Friday joined its already major strike against the country's "Big Three" Detroit car manufacturers. (Photo from AFP) The latest walkouts leave a total of some 25,000 workers on strike in 21 states...
SYDNEY, Australia - A whale struck a boat off the coast of eastern Australia on Saturday morning, killing one man and injuring another. The two men were on the boat when it was hit and flipped at about 6 am local time (2000 GMT) in the waters off La Perouse, 14 kilometres (nine miles)...
