Graffiti with images and messages referencing Ukraine appear on Paris buildings near Parliament
Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine have appeared on the streets of Paris as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the French capital.
US-built pier in Gaza reconnected after repairs, aid expected to flow soon, US Central Command says
A key section of the U.S. military-built pier designed to carry badly needed aid into Gaza by boat has been reconnected to the Gaza beach following storm damage repairs and aid will begin to flow soon.
Putin says Russia's economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions as he courts investors
President Vladimir Putin says that the Russian economy is growing despite heavy international sanctions and the country has expanded economic ties with countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC's unity plan. But deep rifts remain
South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congressโ offer to become part of a government of national unity.
India's Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was formally elected as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most number of seats in the countryโs national election after his political party failed to win a majority on its own.
The Latest | Israeli strikes kill at least 18 in central Gaza a day after attack on UN-run school
Health officials say overnight Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, including children, a day after 33 were killed at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinian families.
Will North Korea fly trash balloons into South Korea again? At look at rising tensions between them
South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North.
Biden is to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Paris as Russia leans into its battlefield offensive
U.S. President Joe Biden is due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris as Kyivโs army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and prepares for what officials say could be a tough summer ahead.
Swedish defense chief says actions against Philippines in South China Sea threaten global security
Swedenโs defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijingโs repeated dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea, saying such actions threaten local and global security, undermine regional stability and underscore the need to invest โfor our security and freedom.โ.
Nearly 50 years after her death, Uruguay lays to rest a woman disappeared by its dictatorship
Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the militaryโs prison system, she received a proper burial in her hometown of Montevideo.
US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say.
Officials say the U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, in an new package that includes ammunition that Kyivโs forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault.
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations'
Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing โhistorically friendly relationsโ between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Prince Harry wins right to appeal rejection of publicly funded security detail in UK
Prince Harry has been given permission to appeal the British government's rejection to provide him with police protection in the U.K. The Court of Appeal gave the Duke of Sussex the go-ahead to challenge a ruling earlier this year in the High Court.
South Africa's president attends a key meeting of his party over how to form a new government
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting with senior officials of the African National Congress to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock.
Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says
The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting.
Indiaโs opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi's juggernaut
Indiaโs bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party.
South Korean group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North's trash-balloon launches
A South Korean activistsโ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response.
Putin takes questions from international journalists for first time since inauguration
Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking questions from international journalists for the first time since his inauguration at a roundtable session on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Slovakia's Fico says he was targeted for Ukraine views, in first speech since assassination attempt
Slovakiaโs populist Prime Minister Robert Fico says he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago.
Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official's comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain
Greeceโs culture minister says the comments made by a Turkish official at a UNESCO meeting last week, casting doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, have bolstered Athens' stand in the dispute.
UN agency predicts that 1.5-degree Celsius target limit likely to be surpassed by 2028
The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) target laid out in the landmark Paris climate accord within the next five years.
India's Modi is known for charging hard. After lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that heโs found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in Indiaโs lower house of parliament.
India's Modi prepares for record 3rd term as nations congratulate his government on election victory
China, Ukraine and other nations have sent congratulations as Prime Minister Narendra Modiโs government began preparations for his swearing-in for a record third term following the worldโs largest democratic election.
Rights group claims Israel has hit residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
A global human rights group claimed that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday.
Amanda Knox returns to Italian courtroom, looking to clear name 'once and for all' in slander case
Amanda Knox is returning to an Italian courtroom for the first time in more than 12ยฝ years to clear herself โonce and for allโ of a slander charge that stuck even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate in the idyllic hilltop town of Perugia.