NEW YORK, United States - New York prosecutors will charge a US Marine -- who allegedly caused the chokehold death of a homeless man on the city subway -- with manslaughter, a spokesman said Thursday. "We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second...
PARIS, France - Astronomers said on Friday they have identified the "largest" cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that suddenly began blazing in the distant universe more than three years ago. While the astronomers offered what they think is the...
OSLO, Norway - The Arctic Council, a model for cooperation between former Cold War foes, on Thursday saw a delicate handover of chairmanship, with the sidelining of Russia, its largest member. After two years of Russia at the helm, Norway took over the reins of the intergovernmental forum,...
ESPOO, Finland - Some 27 young people, mostly children, were injured in Finland on Thursday when a temporary footbridge near a construction site collapsed and they fell several metres onto a road, officials said. The accident occurred at around 9:20 am (0620 GMT) in Espoo, near the capital,...
MILAN, Italy - A van carrying oxygen cylinders exploded in Milan on Thursday, destroying around a dozen cars but causing no injuries beyond light burns to the driver, officials said. Television footage showed flames metres high and black smoke sweeping across the Porta Romana residential...
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday blamed each other for an exchange of fire along their restive border, which killed one person and wounded four days ahead of EU-hosted peace talks. The Caucasus neighbours have been locked in a decades-long territorial dispute over the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK government on Thursday announced it would send Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, becoming the first country to provide longer-range weapons to Kyiv. "Today I can confirm that the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine," said Defence Secretary Ben...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's power stations, as part of the United States' efforts to combat climate change. Starting from 2030, the proposal from the Environmental Protection...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Israel and Gaza militants traded more heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as...
A man carries a child as refugees from Sudan cross into Ethiopia in Metema, on May 4, 2023. More than 15,000 people have fled Sudan via Metema since fighting broke out in Khartoum in mid-April, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration, with around a thousand arrivals...
AFP visual journalist Arman Soldin is pictured on a Ukrainian military truck during an assignment for AFP in Donbass on April 30, 2022. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) KYIV, Ukraine -- Messages of grief poured in Wednesday following the death of AFP journalist Arman Soldin in Ukraine, paying tribute to...
In this June 27, 2022, file photo, US President Joe Biden (R) greets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive to attend the outreach program on at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, during the Group of Seven Summit. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden...
