MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian army on Friday said it had repelled several attacks on the southern Ukrainian front, where fighting sharply intensified this week amid expectations of a major Kyiv offensive. The statement came after Russian war correspondents had reported "active combat" in the...
DAKAR, Senegal - One peacekeeper died and four others were seriously injured in an attack in jihadist-hit northern Mali on Friday, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country said. MINUSMA said on Twitter that a "complex attack" involving an improvised explosive device and direct fire targeted a...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The UN's top court gave the green light Friday to Ukraine's western allies to support it in its legal fight against Russia. Ukraine dragged Moscow to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague shortly after the February 2022 invasion. Judges last year issued a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian-installed authorities in southern Ukraine on Friday reported more casualties from the flood triggered by the destruction of a key dam, and said the water could keep rising for more than a week. "Unfortunately, there are casualties... Their number has grown to eight...
WASHINGTON, United States - Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded US cities in a noxious haze again Thursday, delaying flights and disrupting outdoor events in what President Joe Biden called a "stark reminder" of climate change. Thick skies and an acrid campfire smell hung over the capital...
BEIJING, China - Millions of Chinese students sat for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the country lifted zero-Covid rules that forced classes online for months on end. China's education ministry says nearly 13 million students, a record, are registered this...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Twenty-one people, most of them members of the security forces, have been killed in Burkina Faso in attacks by suspected jihadists, security sources said on Wednesday. Fourteen members of the VDP volunteer militia and four soldiers died on Monday in Sawenga in...
KHERSON, Ukraine - Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city in Ukraine, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster. Downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian police and troops...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Authorities in Mexico are investigating the alleged extrajudicial killing of five men in the country's northwest, after a Spanish newspaper and a US broadcaster published video appearing to show them being beaten and shot. El Pais and Univision said the incident happened on...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Prince Harry was back on the stand for a second day of cross-examination in a London court on Wednesday, the first British royal in more than a century to give evidence on the witness stand. The younger son of King Charles III is testifying against a tabloid publisher for...
MADRID, Spain - Spain has experienced its hottest spring in over 60 years of recordkeeping, with average temperatures almost two degrees Celsius above average, the national weather agency reported Wednesday. The country also saw its second driest-ever spring on record, behind that of 1995, the...
ROME, Italy - Pope Francis will undergo an operation for a painful abdominal hernia on Wednesday, reviving concerns over the 86-year-old's increasingly fragile health. Francis was admitted mid-morning to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he is expected to stay for several days. The 86-year-old,...
