This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 24, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C,R) and his wife Olena Zelenska attending a religious service at Saint Sophia cathedral during Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv....
This picture taken on July 27, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28, 2022 shows weapons being paraded at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark a key anniversary of the Korean War. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- The...
Women wear Abayas as they walk in an underpass in Nantes, western France on August 31, 2023. The French government's decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas -- long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern origin -- has opened a fresh debate about the country's secular laws and the treatment of Muslim...
TOPSHOT - (L-R) Philippine’s President Ferdinand Marcos, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay...
NEW YORK, United States -- Oil prices jumped Tuesday after Russia and Saudi Arabia extended cuts to supplies, while global equities mostly retreated and the dollar gained. The price of the main international oil contract, Brent crude, hit $90 per barrel for the first time this year, following...
US President Joe Biden presents US Army Captain Larry Taylor (L) with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2023. Taylor, a former Army helicopter pilot, is being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War...
Nayib Hassan an attorney for Enrique Tarrio speaks to the press outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC on September 5, 2023. Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys militia, is to be sentenced on September 5, 2023, for his role in the attack on the US...
Russian mercenary organization -- The Wagner Group (Photo from AFP) LONDON, United Kingdom -- Britain is to ban Russian mercenary outfit the Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation, media reports said on Tuesday, quoting Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The UK was set to make the Wagner Group a...
NEW DELHI, India - India was buzzing with speculation Tuesday over rumored plans to scrap official usage of the country's English name, after a state-issued invite sent to world leaders referred to it as "Bharat". Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has worked to remove lingering symbols...
NAIROBI, Kenya - US climate envoy John Kerry said Tuesday that he hoped Washington and Beijing "could come together" in the fight against global warming, at a landmark summit in Kenya aimed at promoting Africa's potential as a green powerhouse. US climate envoy John Kerry (Photo from AFP) "I...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Tuesday it had detained a woman in occupied east Ukraine for trying to kill an official in an attack that wounded him and his son. (Photo from AFP) Acts of sabotage and attacks in Russian-controlled Ukraine have been common throughout Moscow's offensive, and...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Two Zimbabwean rights lawyers appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of preventing police from questioning their clients, two opposition members who had been allegedly abducted and tortured, sources said. Police arrested lawyers Douglas Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi in a...
