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New French Protests Focus on Children and Police

World A protester waves a French flag amid tear gas smoke during a demonstration in Lyon, France. (Getty Images/AFP)

New French Protests Focus on Children and Police

France faces more rallies on Saturday with demonstrators venting frustrations ranging from inflation to opposition to a new police bill at the latest protests…

World The main entrance at the RAF Lakenheath airbase, which hosts United States Air Force (USAF) personnel, amid reports of a security threat in Lakenheath, Britain, November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

US Forces Responded to Suspected Drone Activity Over Base in Britain

US forces responded to possible unauthorized drone activity over a military base in Britain Friday, spokespeople from the two countries said, in the latest…

World  Secretary Marco Rubio delivers a keynote speech at Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, DC on November 13, 2026. (AFP)

Rubio Says Further US Military Action Is Not Needed Against Economically Weakened Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that further US military action against Iran is unnecessary because the economic pain the US is inflicting on a…

World Traditional Russian wooden dolls depicting China's President Xi Jinping, the US president, Donald Trump, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Trump, Xi, Putin to Hold Historic Meeting in China, Says White House

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in…

World  Travelers wait in line at ticket counters at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights nationwide. (AP)

‘I May Lose My Mind’: Frustrated Travelers Stuck in US Flight Havoc

Confusion reigned at airports across the United States on Friday as a rare grounding of all US flights stranded hundreds of thousands of frustrated travelers. …


World Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his opening speech during the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Beijing, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP)

China’s Xi Slams ‘Bullying’ as Beijing Hosts LatAm Leaders 

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday to deepen ties with Latin America and condemned "bullying" in a thinly veiled swipe at the United States, as he…

World This combination of pictures created on May 12, 2025 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (L) during a press conference with the German Chancellor during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on June 11, 2024, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

Trump Offers to Join Potential Russia-Ukraine Talks in Türkiye

US President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Türkiye later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin…

World Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via Reuters)

Iran Warns Europeans That Reimposing Sanctions Could Have Irreversible Consequences

Iran's foreign minister warned Britain, France and Germany on Monday that a decision to trigger a UN mechanism reimposing sanctions on Tehran could lead to an…

World  A man assesses the damage of a house after it was hit in an Indian strike, following the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Jura village in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Modi Says India Has Only Paused Military Action after It and Pakistan Stop Firing at Each Other

India has only "paused" its military action and will "retaliate on its own terms" if there is any future terror attack on the country, Prime Minister Narendra…

World TOPSHOT - Pope Leo XIV (C) gestures during an audience to representatives of the media, at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV Urges Release of Imprisoned Journalists, Affirms Gift of Free Speech and Press

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the "precious gift of free speech and the press" in an audience with some…

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World The Taiwanese military conducts its first High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire test launch at the Jiupeng base in Pingtung, Taiwan May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Taiwan Holds First Live-Fire of US High-Tech Rocket Systems 

Taiwan conducted Monday its first live-firing of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) purchased from the United States, as the self-ruled island…

World A person holds a fake arrest warrant for Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as another holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration on the Place Stalingrad to protest against the Interior Minister's decision to dissolve the antifascist group Jeune Garde and the Urgence Palestine collective in Paris, on May 6, 2025. (AFP)

Israel Asks ICC Judges to Withdraw Netanyahu Arrest Warrant 

Israel has asked judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw arrest warrants against its prime minister and defense minister while the ICC…

World White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP)

First White South Africans Fly to US Under Trump Refugee Plan 

The first 49 white South Africans deemed victims of racial discrimination and granted refugee status under an offer by US President Donald Trump were flying to…

World Ukrainian servicemen of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion "Aidar" smoke during a rest moment between rotations at an undisclosed location in Dnipropetrovsk Region on May 9, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)

Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Continued after Ceasefire Proposed by Europe Kicked In

Ukrainian authorities said Russian attacks against Ukraine continued on Monday, including an overnight assault using more than 100 drones, despite a ceasefire…

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World Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks to the media as he arrives for talks on Ukraine and the future of European security hosted by Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy at Lancaster House in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Poland Orders Closure of Russian Consulate in Krakow, Citing Arson Attack Blamed on Moscow 

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Monday that he was ordering the closure of Russia’s consulate in the southern city of Krakow after Polish…

World An Iraqi Kurdish woman waves a flag bearing the portrait of the founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan as people gather at Freedom Park to listen to an audio message by the jailed leader in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on February 27, 2025. (AFP)

The PKK Kurdish Group Will Disband and Disarm as Part of a Peace Initiative with Türkiye

The PKK Kurdish militant group announced Monday that it will disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with Türkiye, ending four decades of armed…

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World A Pakistani security official stand guard at the scene of a suicide bomb blast targeting a vehicle of police in Peshawar, Pakistan, 11 May 2025. EPA/BILAWAL ARBAB

Indian Army Reports 'First Calm Night' after Kashmir Truce with Pakistan Holds

The frontier between arch-foes India and Pakistan was peaceful and had the "first calm night in recent days", the Indian army said Monday, after a surprise…

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World The so-called "Weimar+" group is expected to meet in the UK to discuss a potential ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP

UK Hosts European Ministers for Ukraine Talks after Ceasefire Ultimatum

The UK will on Monday host European ministers for "critical" talks on "repelling Russian aggression", two days after Ukraine's allies demanded that Moscow…

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World Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen walks on the day of the meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) in Oslo, Norway May 9, 2025. NTB/Terje Pedersen via REUTERS

Denmark to Host Meeting on Arctic Security

The leaders of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway will meet Monday for talks on Arctic security, Denmark's government said, as US…

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World Pope Leo XIV waves as he delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Ukraine and Gaza

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff. “I, too, address…

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World A woman walks next to an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran May 11, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran, US Begin 4th Round of Negotiations over Tehran's Nuclear Program

Iran and the United States began a fourth round of negotiations Sunday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, officials said, just ahead of a visit…

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World An ambulance transports victims of a helicopter crash, in Maduru Oya, east of capital Colombo on May 9, 2025.(Photo by AFP)

Passenger Bus Skids Off Cliff in Sri Lanka, Killing and Injuring Scores

A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others, an official said. The…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to make a statement to the media at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 11 May 2025. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL

Putin Proposes Direct Peace Talks with Ukraine after 3 Years of War

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Türkiye that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace, an…

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World People celebrate after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput

Fragile Ceasefire Holds Between India, Pakistan

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between them, as US President Donald Trump said he will…

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World People in Kinshasa’s Pompage district after the Congo River overflowed. (AFP/Getty Images file)

Floods in Eastern DR Congo Kill More Than 100

Raging floods rushing through a village during the night killed more than 100 people, many of them children as they slept, in the east of the Democratic…

World US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff looks on during a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 06 May 2025. (EPA)

US Envoy Calls Enrichment ‘Red Line’ Ahead of New Iran Talks

The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked…

World  A Kashmiri woman row her wooden boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, May 10, 2025.(AP)

World Reacts after India, Pakistan Agree to Stop Firing

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a "full and immediate ceasefire" after a fourth day of strikes and counter…

World A resident looks at his damaged house after cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India, in the Jura sector in Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 10, 2025. (AFP)

India and Pakistan Agree to Immediate Ceasefire after US Diplomacy

Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after US pressure and diplomacy, announcing a sudden stop to a conflict that had…

World  In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on May 8, 2025, a rescue worker puts out a fire of a building which was heavily damaged by a Russian strike in Sumy region, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia and Ukraine Blame Each Other as Fighting Continues Despite Moscow’s Truce

Russia said on Saturday that fighting had been taking place in four regions of Ukraine despite this week's unilateral ceasefire by Moscow, saying its troops…