US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) UNITED NATIONS, United States -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman to two years in prison and handed her a heavy fine after she recited an Islamic prayer before eating pork in a viral TikTok video widely criticised in the Muslim-majority country. Lina Mukherjee, 33, was found guilty of "spreading...
X (formerly Twitter) (Photo from AFP) PARIS, France -- Elon Musk has suggested charging all users of his social media platform X, which would be the biggest shake-up since he took over the site then known as Twitter last October, but experts say he might struggle to get users on board. During a...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- A report presented by France and Germany on Tuesday calls on the EU to pass a raft of reforms to be ready by 2030 to accept new members such as Ukraine. Experts from the two European heavyweights drew up the proposals aimed at streamlining the way the bloc works as Brussels...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photo from AFP) MONTREAL, Canada -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday demanded that India treat with "utmost seriousness" Canada's allegations of New Delhi's possible involvement in the slaying of a Sikh exile, a concern echoed by Washington. Canada's...
NEW YORK, United States -- A New York woman is facing murder and drug charges after a one-year-old boy died from fentanyl poisoning at the daycare she operated and three other children became seriously ill, officials said Tuesday. Grei Mendez, 36, was arrested over the weekend after emergency...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. Erdogan vowed at the United Nations on Tuesday to increase his diplomatic efforts to seek an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. (Photo by TIMOTHY A....
White House in the United States (File photo) WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States is less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown, with the stakes increasing as lawmakers struggle to agree on a short-term spending bill. Several budget bills are currently being discussed...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) UNITED NATIONS, United States --...
HONG KONG, China- China has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit their local staffers' names, home addresses and job descriptions, according to diplomatic sources and documents seen by AFP on Tuesday. The documents include a letter in English and Chinese dated Monday from...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it had been affected by what it called "anomalous activity" regarding its IT systems and that it was currently responding to this "cybersecurity incident." The ICC, which among other things is investigating war crimes in...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Iran Tuesday for meetings to deepen Moscow's defense ties with Tehran, Russian news agencies reported. Moscow has sought to strengthen its alliances with other countries ostracised by the West, including Iran, which has...
