BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Belgian city of Charleroi on Thursday condemned anti-Semitic vandalism after at least 85 Jewish graves in one of its cemeteries were damaged and objects stolen. A gravedigger in a cemetery in the Marcinelle neighbourhood of the southern city discovered the damage in...
SILKYARA TUNNEL, India - Ambulances were on standby Thursday as Indian rescuers dug through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks. TOPSHOT - A rescue personnel stands near an entrance of the Silkyara under construction...
DUBLIN, Ireland - Protesters on Thursday fought running battles with police, torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin, after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside a school. Protestors sort through looted goods in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets in...
Lee Young-soo (2nd R), 95, a victim of Japan's alleged forced sexual slavery during World War II, is presented with flowers at a Lawyers for a Democratic Society meeting in Seoul on November 23, 2023, after the High Court overturned a lower court's rejection of a damages suit filed by victims of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia– Indonesia has named the chairman of its anti-graft commission as a suspect in a corruption case, according to police, in a setback to the reputation of an agency set up two decades ago after the fall of dictator Suharto. It is the first time the head of the country's...
Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. The World Health Organization has asked on November 23, 2023, China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - US fighter jets struck two targets in Iraq early on Wednesday, killing eight pro-Iran fighters in retaliation for repeated attacks on American troops, US and Iraqi sources said. The twin strikes, which followed similar bombardment of Iran-backed forces on Tuesday, drew...
SILKYARA TUNNEL , India - Indian rescuers have drilled three-quarters of the way through debris towards 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for the past 11 days, officials said Wednesday, raising hopes of a breakthrough with diggers in the final stretch. Engineers are working to...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Syria's two main airports are still shut a month after simultaneous Israeli strikes put them out of service -- the longest such closure since the Syrian conflict began, a war monitor said Wednesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported two...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday promised more funding to tackle anti-Semitism, saying he was "deeply concerned" by the rise in hostility towards the Jewish community. Outlining the latest government spending plans, Hunt told parliament he was allocating...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the fighting and bombardment in Gaza, but said much more needed to be done. Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing hostages and scores of Palestinian...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, saying both sides "suffer so much." At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the 86-year-old pontiff called for prayers for peace,...
