MALAPPURAM, India -- At least 22 people died when a tourist boat capsized in India, officials said Monday, with many of those on board thought to be children. It was not clear why the double-decker boat carrying at least 30 people tipped over in the southern state of Kerala's Malappuram district...
BERLIN, Germany -- French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first state visit to Germany in July, the two countries said Monday, amid persistent tensions on issues ranging from energy policy to China. Macron will visit Germany from July 2 to 4 at the invitation of President Frank-Walter...
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 6, 2023, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky taking part in a ceremony marking the Infantry Day in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)...
ANDRO, India -- Father-of-five S. Mamang Vaiphei hid in the jungle for three nights after a mob attacked his village in Manipur, the remote Indian state where ethnic violence has reportedly killed at least 54 people. Around 23,000 people have fled the unrest which erupted last week in the hilly...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Air strikes again shook Sudan's capital Monday while the latest truce talks in Jeddah have yielded no progress, with a Saudi diplomat saying both sides consider themselves "capable of winning the battle". Sudan was thrown into deadly chaos when fighting broke out on April 15...
BROWNSVILLE, United States -- At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV ran a red light and plowed into a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid center in the US state of Texas, police said. Law enforcement said they were treating the incident as...
SINGAPORE -- The festering crisis in Myanmar will loom over talks between Southeast Asian leaders in Indonesia this week, as they renew calls for an end to the escalating violence. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military putsch that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, with...
BEIJING, China -- President Xi Jinping will host a two-day summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations next week, Beijing said on Monday, as China moves to increase its influence in the region. Leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are expected to...
WINDSOR, United Kingdom -- Britain revelled in the coronation of King Charles III on Sunday as it staged a star-studded concert watched by 20,000 people at Windsor Castle and millions more across the country and world. Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, watched on from a royal box in the grounds of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Thousands of people turned central London red, white and blue on Saturday, with a sea of Union Jack flags lining the streets for the coronation of King Charles III. While the coronation service itself promises to be a sombre and sober affair, a celebratory atmosphere was...
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The US and Saudi governments confirmed direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces would start in Jeddah on Saturday, even as fighting showed little signs of abating in the Sudanese capital. A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed the "start of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- King Charles III will be crowned alongside his wife Queen Camilla on Saturday in a centuries-old ceremony with celebrations marked by pomp and pageantry. A Union flag with a photograph of Britain's King Charles III is displayed in a street in Larne, north of Belfast in...
