Gaza’s Shifa Hospital has become the focus of a days-long stalemate in Israel’s war against Hamas. Shifa is Gaza’s largest hospital. But Israel claims Hamas uses the facility for military …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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11/13/23
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An associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed by a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk pending trial. An ally of Ksenia Fadeyeva says the activist, who used to run Navalny's office …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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11/13/23
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This year's Biden-Xi summit has better foundation but South China Sea and Taiwan risks won't go away
The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily …
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By KEN MORITSUGU
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11/13/23
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A Philippine court has freed on bail of a former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to silence her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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11/13/23
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The United States and South Korea have updated a bilateral security agreement to more effectively counter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. Monday's move followed high-level …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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11/13/23
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Can Idi Amin possibly be rehabilitated? That’s a question animating some in this East African country two decades after the death of one of Africa’s most infamous leaders. Amin, who took power by …
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
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11/13/23
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Australia's immigration minister says 80 people including convicted criminals who are considered dangerous have been released from Australian migrant detention centers since the High Court ruled last …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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11/12/23
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Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and …
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By OMAR FARUK
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11/12/23
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Greece’s main opposition party has suffered a split after a left-wing faction announced it was breaking away, accusing the party’s recently elected leader of abandoning its core ideology for a …
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By DEMETRIS NELLAS
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11/12/23
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Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie is visiting Israel on a mission to express solidarity in its war against Hamas. Christie toured a kibbutz that was ravaged in the Oct. 7 rampage by …
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By MOSHE EDRI
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11/12/23
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Ukraine says Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key front line cities. The head of Ukraine’s ground forces said Russian troops have begun …
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By FELIPE DANA
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11/12/23
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Water taps flow just one day out of three in Mayotte, a French territory off Africa’s eastern coast. That's because of a drawn-out drought compounded by years of water mismanagement. Diseases like …
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By GREGOIRE MEROT
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11/12/23
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Candidates in a Nov. 22 general election in the Netherlands are making migration a major issue in the campaign. Parties across the political spectrum are proposing ways of tackling migration and the …
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By MIKE CORDER
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11/12/23
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Mexico's ruling party has named its candidates for eight governorships and the mayorship of Mexico City. But after ruling out the most popular candidate for the capital, questions remain about …
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11/11/23
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Volunteers are taking part in an effort to extend the habitat of the most emblematic and endangered species of Rio de Janeiro’s rural interior — the golden lion tamarin. The small, …
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By DIANE JEANTET
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11/11/23
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Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland have left their homes after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency …
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11/11/23
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People around the globe are remembering the slaughter and losses from four years of fighting during World War I just over a century ago that was supposed to amount to “the war to end all wars.” …
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By RAF CASERT and MARTA FIORIN
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11/11/23
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The husband of a Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company who is detained in Russia has called for her speedy release. Alsu Kurmacheva’s husband Pavel Butorin …
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By KAREL JANICEK
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11/11/23
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London police are stepping up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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11/11/23
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One year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces, residents have grown accustomed to the sounds of the bombs reminding them that the war is far from over. Marking the …
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By SAMYA KULLAB
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11/11/23
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