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...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam's state electricity company warned on Wednesday that the national power system would come under strain this summer due to anticipated heatwaves, days after the country recorded its highest ever temperature. Temperatures surpassed 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit)...
This illustration picture shows a plastic bag drifting in the botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023 near Pietarsaari, during the late spring as the sea-ice is slowly melting. (Olivier MORIN / AFP) PARIS, France -- With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of...
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Telegram account on May 10, 2023 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Saudi's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, in Damascus. (Syrian Presidency Telegram Page / AFP) DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar...
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaking during the second reading of the Government's Illegal Immigration Bill, in the House of Lords in London on May 10, 2023. (PRU / AFP) LONDON, United...
A worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warn. (Loic VENANCE / AFP) DOHA, Qatar -- Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming...
KANO, Nigeria -- Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing when their overloaded boat capsized in a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said on Wednesday. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on Tuesday on the other...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Labuan Bajo on May 10, 2023. (ACHMAD IBRAHIM / POOL / AFP) LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian nations vowed Wednesday tougher action on human trafficking as criminals increasingly use...
In this picture taken on May 9, 2023, police secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shootout on the resort island of Djerba. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP) DJERBA, Tunisia -- Tunisian authorities were Wednesday investigating a shooting spree by a police officer that claimed five lives and...
