NEW YORK (AP): Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel in its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.” In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said that Israel is “...
GEORGETOWN (AP): Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s move to sign into law the results of a recent referendum laying claim to two-thirds of Guyana triggered fierce condemnation Thursday from the neighbouring South American country’s government....
DUBAI (AP): Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its long-standing political gridlock. The Persian Gulf country’s elected assembly has more power than most in...
BRUSSELS (AP): NATO on Thursday marked 75 years of collective defence across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to stay the course in Ukraine as better-armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield. The anniversary...
Alaska Airlines says Boeing has paid the carrier US$160 million in “initial compensation” for a panel that blew out of an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in January. The airline said Thursday that it expects additional...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia arrested 22 people Thursday as part of an investigation into the suspected siphoning of hundreds millions of euros in post-pandemic relief funds from the European Union. The 600...
KAMPALA (AP): Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” despite widespread condemnation from rights groups and others abroad. President Yoweri Museveni signed the...
AP: Israeli airstrikes on aid workers delivering food in Gaza killed at least seven people – including a US-Canada dual citizen and citizens of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom. It’s the latest Israeli military action to hit humanitarian...
HUALIEN (AP): The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens of workers at quarries, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged...
MOSCOW (AP): President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil in two decades, and urged its law enforcement agencies to tighten...
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele's “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organisation Humanitarian Legal Relief. Ingrid Escobar,...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's parliament speaker resigned on Wednesday and relinquished her seat in the legislature over allegations of corruption, a day after she lost a bid in court that would block her arrest. Prosecutors...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the United States and have become increasingly vulnerable to robberies and sexual...
PARIS (AP) — French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games. Police arrived at...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, trapping dozens in quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. More than 60 per cent are headed to...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP): Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Last month’s...
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexico’s president said Tuesday that he was hurt by the killing of a mayoral candidate just hours after she requested protection and started campaigning. A city council candidate who was wounded in the same attack on Monday also...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's parliamentary speaker faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after a court on Tuesday dismissed her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her. Nosiviwe Mapisa-...
ISTANBUL (AP) — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti's capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after...
HELSINKI (AP) — A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning, killing one and seriously wounding two other students, police said. The suspect was later apprehended. Heavily armed police...
Authorities in Russia’s far east on Monday called off a rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 125 metres (400 feet) when part of...
NEW DELHI (AP): A court in India on Monday placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention after his 10 days in the custody of a federal agency expired in a case that opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister...
LONDON (AP): A new law against hate speech came into force in Scotland on Monday, praised by some but criticised by others who say its sweeping provisions could criminalise religious views or tasteless jokes. The Hate Crime and Public Order (...
