MOSCOW — Russia said on Friday it had arrested a respected political scientist -- who has commented extensively about recent elections -- on drug charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. Alexander Kynev, 51, is a…
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian daytime strikes on Kyiv killed five people on Friday, local authorities said, the latest in a wave of intensifying attacks on the war-torn capital. Kyiv has faced increasing drone and missiles…
The Houthis launch strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fire into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world’s largest energy exporter, as part of a wider Middle East war
PARIS, France — The organizers of France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, on Friday said they had dropped a top-selling novel by a Canadian-Haitian writer from their longlist following online claims that it was…
PARIS — Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned against losing humanity in a "paradise of machines", after church bells rang and thousands gathered to welcome him to France amid worldwide concern over the dangers of artificial…
In New York's close-knit Filipino American community, family comes first.
PRAGUE — Five cheetah cubs had to survive a weather scare and the illness of their mother after their birth at the Prague Zoo. But they are doing well now, the zoo said on Friday. The zoo said the quintuplets — four…
British Columbia sued OpenAI in California on Monday, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to…
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has granted absolute pardon to former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso, paving the way from her release from Philippine prison after once languishing on death row…
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to lift restrictions on the deportations of undocumented immigrants to third countries. Last week, a federal appeals…
Although other presidential administrations have battled with the press, Donald Trump's campaign against the media has been unprecedented
ROME — Pope Leo XIV flies to France on Friday for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. Church bells around the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for high stakes talks on Thursday at an urgent moment for the US-China relationship, with the world’s preeminent powers divided on the war in Iran and still…
Pioneer Catholic media evangelist American Archbishop Fulton Sheen has been declared "blessed" during a beatification mass in the US led by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on world leaders on Thursday to turn knowledge into action, reform international institutions and ensure that new technologies and global wealth benefit everyone. Addressing…
The Vice-President of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Abdullah Al-Alimi Bawazir, told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that his Government had engaged “responsibly and positively” with regional and…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mounted a forceful defense of Israel's actions in the region at the UN on Thursday, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN General Assembly to defend Israel’s strikes against Iran as a matter of national survival and describe the violence in the West Bank as the work of few…
WASHINGTON — Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy's top…
The US Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress.
NAGOYA, Japan — Several teams rounded on the organization of the Asian Games in Japan on Thursday, with Thailand likening it to a "chaotic" game of "musical chairs" and South Korea saying "they deserve a failing grade."…
PARIS, France — An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" on Wednesday, as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original…
Pope Leo XIV urged a shift on climate change "from emergency response to prevention", saying Thursday global warming was not just an environmental challenge but also one of social justice.
NEW YORK — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel's military actions in Gaza, saying during a speech at the United Nations…
NEW YORK — Movie star Susan Sarandon and "Hacks" actress Hannah Einbinder were among people detained by police in New York as they moved in to break up a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. AFP footage shows…
Twelve Kazakh military personnel died after being swept out to sea during a naval training exercise, authorities said on Thursday.
Gaza is suffering the world's worst economic crisis ever recorded, with nine in 10 businesses destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, a top UN development agency warned.
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged cooperation with the United States, Beijing’s state media reported, hours after being greeted in Washington on Wednesday evening local time by President Donald Trump. “Our…
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago on a wave of youth-led anti-corruption protests, buoyed by optimism for change. Now Balendra Shah faces his biggest test as his country’s…
UNITED NATIONS — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a difficult reelection campaign at home, addresses the United Nations on Thursday, where he is expected to lash out at both enemies as well as allies…
UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s president struck a defiant tone at the UN on Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time since Washington and Israel launched an all-out war on his country, vowing Tehran would never “bend at…
UNITED NATIONS — Outgoing UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday hailed the “unstoppable” rise of renewable energy and urged countries to develop firm plans to quit fossil fuels in his final climate meeting at the world…
SYDNEY — A rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an “obviously unacceptable”…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration must immediately reinstate White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, a United States federal judge ordered on Thursday, after their reporters were banned from the…
SEOUL — North Korea will keep its nuclear weapons “forever,” its foreign minister vowed Thursday, dismissing the South Korean president’s renewed calls for a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has legally…
GENEVA, Switzerland — The Swiss will vote on Sunday on a heavily debated proposal to tighten their country’s traditional neutrality, amid fears that an expected “no” could be interpreted abroad as abandoning the…
ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan’s capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran…
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