MARSEILLE, FRANCE - Five French police were arrested on Tuesday over the death of a 27-year-old man in the southern city of Marseille in early July during nationwide rioting, prosecutors said. France was convulsed in late June and early July by violent rioting over the killing outside Paris on June...
SYDNEY, Australia - Western Australia said Tuesday it is axing a five-week-old law to protect Indigenous sites, introduced after Rio Tinto blew up a 46,000-year-old sacred rock shelter in the state. The decision to repeal the legislation was condemned by Indigenous groups, who complained of...
TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili branded Russia an "aggressor" Tuesday as he marked 15 years since the two countries fought a war over a breakaway region. Russia sent thousands of troops into Georgia on August 8, 2008 after Tbilisi launched a large-scale military...
KYIV, Ukraine - Rescue workers combed through the rubble of damaged apartments in the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after Russian strikes killed at least seven people. The target of the missile attack was a command post of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian defence...
BEIJING — China renewed calls Tuesday for the Philippines to remove an ageing ship from a reef that Manila uses to press its stake in the Spratly Islands in defiance of Beijing's claim to nearly the entire South China Sea. The move comes after the Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Police in London arrested a man Tuesday after a stabbing outside the British Museum which led to the evacuation and temporary closure of the popular tourist attraction. The incident unfolded at around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) on the street bordering the southern perimeter of the...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Colombia reached the Women's World Cup quarterfinals for the first time and a clash with England after a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Tuesday, Aug. 8, with France or Morocco poised to join them. Colombia's players huddle before the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup...
With just a little over two weeks before the opening day of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, co-host the Philippines finally welcomed on its shores a highly-anticipated, and highly-talented, reinforcement to bolster the Gilas Pilipinas basketball team which is set to play versus top-notch...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Two of the surprise packages of the Women's World Cup clash when Colombia faces Jamaica in Melbourne on Tuesday, Aug. 8, with a quarterfinal against England up for grabs. Jamaica's team celebrates qualifying for the last 16 following the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Nigeria's impressive run at the Women's World Cup may have come to an end on Monday, Aug. 7, but coach Randy Waldrum said their performances had made the football world sit up and take notice. Nigeria's coach Randy Waldrum. (AFP) The Nigerians bowed out when they went down...
WASHINGTON, United States of America - President Joe Biden is set to begin a series of visits Monday touting his climate agenda in the southwestern United States, which has suffered a blistering summer of record-breaking heat. The first stop on his tour will be to the Grand Canyon in Arizona...
MOSCOW - Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years. The launch, which is scheduled for the early hours of Friday, comes as Russia's Ukraine offensive stretches into a second year,...
