In San Francisco, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court order for the administration to stop threatening election officials with prosecution if they did not comply with its demands over alleged…
BEIJING — China's top diplomat Wang Yi urged the Philippines on Tuesday to rein in politicians who had repeatedly "smeared" Beijing and crossed its "red lines". The two Asian nations have long been at loggerheads over…
WARSAW, Poland — Four European flights were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, forcing the temporary closure of one Warsaw airport, but all planes landed safely and no explosives were found, authorities said. Two bomb…
Mexican authorities raided a storage unit rented by Meghan Markle's estranged father as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged child sex abuse material, the state prosecutor's office told AFP on Monday.
NEW YORK, United States — Pfizer reported lower profits Tuesday but raised its full-year forecast as it pointed to boosted sales from pharma assets added from acquisitions in recent years. The drugmaker, which has…
Trump said Israel no longer needs it and that some Democrats and left-wing politicians were using this US funding to Israel as a talking point to criticize Republicans.
'We don't need more negotiations. What we need is for governments to start taking action,' says COP30 president Correa do Lago, who led last November's UN climate summit in Belem
JOHANNESBURG — U.S. President Donald Trump will cut South Africa and Rwanda from a quarter-century-old Africa trade agreement at the end of the year as punishment for not meeting certain criteria, including policies on…
After seven strikes on cargo ships near Romania and Bulgaria, NATO said it would deploy maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones to bolster its eastern flank in the Black Sea.
MALE, Maldives — Maldivian opposition leader and former foreign minister Abdulla Shahid was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child, police said Tuesday. The 64-year-old was arrested at his home in the capital…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Indian naval forces freed an Iranian fishing boat and its crew of 20 hijacked off Somalia after an operation lasting more than 48 hours, India’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The rescue of the…
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was conducting a probe into the leak of personal information related to President Lee Jae Myung's June overseas trip and was taking steps to reissue passports for Lee…
KYIV — Ukrainian rescuers searched for survivors Tuesday from a Russian strike on a village that killed 29 people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced deadly Russian attacks that came ahead of new US-mediated…
CHICLAYO, Peru — A luckless Peruvian town that has for centuries been dismissed as cursed is hoping for a new lease on life when Pope Leo visits this month. Under Spanish colonial rule in the 16th century, Zana -- home…
Houthi attacks on the kingdom escalate as the powerful militia advances towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping chokepoint that lies on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV — a big step toward making the drug available inexpensively and more quickly in 120 low- and…
As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night's rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to…
All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 US Senate seats will be contested on November 3. Democrats are widely favored to retake the House but face a greater challenge in the Senate.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Leaders representing nearly a third of the world’s population are meeting on the tiny Caribbean island of Antigua this week to strengthen ties during a time of global political upheaval. New…
NEW YORK — A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such US death in a year. The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a…
The decision represents another defeat for Trump as his fellow Republicans fight to retain control of Congress in the November 3 midterms. California is the most populous US state and a Democratic stronghold.
LONDON — The UK will likely face artificial intelligence cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by 2028 as criminals and states, including China and Russia, increasingly use AI in their cyber activity, Britain's…
GENEVA — Dozens of global health and environmental organisations called on the World Health Organization on Tuesday to revise decades-old standards for nitrate levels in drinking water, arguing they do not reflect…
US President Donald Trump on Monday said a deal with Iran was possible after Tehran revealed indirect negotiations with Washington and offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under strict conditions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Venezuela's Foreign Minister Oliver Blanco on Monday, calling for the release of more political prisoners jailed under deposed leader Nicolas Maduro as part…
PARIS, France — Some 2,800 troops from 10 European countries will this month stage in Poland the first exercise of a new multinational force in support of Ukraine, London and Paris said on Tuesday. Led by France and the…
British maritime agency UKMTO reported on Monday that a vessel was struck by "an unknown projectile" near the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, marking the latest disturbance in the contested waterway.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is worsening, particularly in the southwestern city of Taiz, which is being encircled by paramilitary Iran-backed Houthi forces. All roads to the city are now closed due to the fighting…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to more than 400 people who were able to leave the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, in Ukraine’s Kherson region, during a brief local ceasefire…
STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON - A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that…
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for greater protection for civilians caught in conflict in northern Ethiopia following deadly drone strikes this past weekend. “Reports of attacks on…
SEOUL — North Korea test-fired strategic cruise missiles, state media reported Tuesday, in the latest display of its weapons capabilities as tensions persist on the Korean peninsula. The Monday launch came a day after…
Contacts between Iran and the US to end their eight-month war are continuing, Tehran said after days of Iranian talks with Qatari mediators ended with altered proposals but no breakthrough.
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Parts of a business jet likely started to break off even before it slammed into the ground and erupted in a ball of flames in South Florida, killing all nine people on board, a federal…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections. The…
DALLAS — Law enforcement will beef up its presence in a Dallas entertainment district where several deadly shootings occurred over the weekend, federal authorities announced Monday as they joined elected officials…
KYIV— A massive amount of water from unusually heavy rain was flowing through flood-weary parts of the Southwest on Monday, forcing hundreds of evacuations and keeping swift-water rescue teams busy. One person died in…
KYIV— Ukraine on Monday said multiple Russian strikes on a school where humanitarian aid was distributed killed at least 24 people and dashed fragile hopes of "progress toward peace" after a local ceasefire in the south…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday chose the backdrop of Washington's Reflecting Pool -- a landmark whose botched renovation symbolized the 80-year-old's chaotic second term -- to try and rally Republicans…
KABUL — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities voiced concern on Monday over reported plans by Washington to deport scores of Afghan immigrants to Pakistan with the aim of their eventual return to their home country. More…
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