TOKYO, Japan -- Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said. The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, professor of University of...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday his government plans to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution to make them "irreversible". In an online post, Macron said a draft project would be submitted to the State Council, France's highest administrative court, this coming...
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan held nationwide mourning on Sunday after 42 people died in a blaze at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the Central Asian country's post-Soviet history. Relatives of miners gather outside the Kostyenko ArcelorMittal coal mine building as a rescue...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Victims' families, survivors and activists will hold a mass commemoration in Seoul on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the deadly crush that killed nearly 160 people during Halloween festivities last year. Bystanders pay their respects in front of flowers and notes left...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight, Moscow's Defence Ministry said Sunday. "On the night of October 29, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using air-type drones against facilities on the...
LAS VEGAS, United States -- Donald Trump used a speech to a Republican Jewish convention Saturday to promise reimposition of a controversial travel ban that targeted a slew of mostly Muslim countries if he gets re-elected. "We will keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country," Trump...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- The families of more than 220 hostages seized by Hamas demanded answers from the Israeli government on Saturday with many fearing that a military onslaught on the Gaza Strip is putting the captives' lives at risk. Teddy bears carrying the names and pictures of Israeli...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Britain Saturday calling for a ceasefire as Israel's army intensified its assault on the Gaza Strip. Thousands more demonstrated in France and Switzerland. TOPSHOT - A protester waves Palestinian flags sitting on a...
ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Acapulco was struggling Saturday to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 39 lives and provoked widespread power, water and telephone outages. View of damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell demanded on Saturday a "pause of hostilities" to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after the intense overnight bombing of the coastal territory. But later Saturday, his comments were challenged by Austrian Foreign Minister...
LAS, VEGAS, United States -- Republican presidential hopefuls lined up Saturday to pledge unwavering support for Israel in its war on Hamas as they spoke at an annual gathering of influential Jewish donors. Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on a screen...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Israel said Saturday it was recalling its diplomatic staff from Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a fierce attack on its military operation against Hamas militants in Gaza. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his wife Emine Erdogan (L) greet...
