HOUSTON, United States -- Triple-digit heat wave is sweeping south central U.S. state of Texas, pushing the state's power grid to new limits while expanding to other parts of the U.S. South. Photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows a thermometer at a residential backyard in Plano, Texas, the United...
CAIRO, Egypt - The death toll from the collapse of a 13-storey building in Egypt's northern coastal city of Alexandria rose to four, the state-run Ahram Online news website reported on Tuesday. Rescue teams recovered two more bodies on Tuesday after finding two other bodies late on Monday from...
OUAGADOUGOU, Bukina Faso - At least 34 people, including 31 soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed on Monday in an ambush against a supply convoy in Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The attack on the supply convoy escorted by military units took place in...
RED RIVER -- This handout photo taken and released by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters on June 27, 2023 shows a river dyed red after coolant used in equipment to help with beer-making leaked into the water from the nearby beer brewery in the city of Nago, Okinawa prefecture. (Photo by...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden is making a big bet on the US economy powering him to re-election next year with the unveiling of a "Bidenomics" pitch to voters this week. US President Joe Biden (AFP) After inheriting an economy ravaged by the Covid pandemic, then beset by...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarus welcomed the head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile on Tuesday following an aborted rebellion, as NATO warned it was ready to defend against "Moscow or Minsk." WAGNER GROUP – Members of Wagner group are seen gesturing from a military...
NEW DELHI, India -- A 65-year-old woman and an eight-year-old girl died, and another person was injured when a house collapsed amid heavy rains in India's western state of Rajasthan late Monday night, confirmed local police on Tuesday. A motorcycle driver and his passenger navigate a flooded...
SYDNEY, Australia --Â Australian police said a man was killed in Sydney's famed Bondi neighborhood Tuesday, in what local media called a "gang hit." Police block off a street at Bondi Junction, an eastern suburb of Sydney on June 27, 2023 after a shooting incident. Australian police said a man...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Over 2.4 million refugees globally will need resettling in 2024, a 20 percent increase compared to 2023, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Monday. According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024 report, the Asian region tops the list of estimated...
CAIRO, Egypt -- A 13-storey residential building in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria collapsed on Monday, leaving at least four people wounded and several others trapped under the rubble. People work at the site where a residential building collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 26, 2023....
Members of Wagner group stand on the balcony of the circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin defended his aborted mutiny Monday as a bid to save his mercenary outfit and expose the failures of Russia's military leadership,...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and its Western allies of wanting Russians to "kill each other" during a revolt by mercenaries of the Wagner group, which stunned the country with an aborted march on Moscow over the weekend. Russian President Vladimir...
