Police and security forces swarmed the area around the White House on Saturday evening after reports of shots fired, AFP journalists said.
US President Donald Trump was at the White House at the time as he worked to negotiate a deal with Iran.
European Union nations moved Friday towards imposing sanctions on Iranian officials and others responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the EU said. Tehran effectively closed the key shipping lane for global gas and oil in retaliation to US...
Rioters have burnt down hospital tents in a hotspot of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola epidemic, as many Congolese wrestle with fear, anger and confusion over the latest deadly outbreak. The hastily arranged burials of the victims...
French investigators have searched the presidential palace as part of a probe into alleged favouritism and corruption, the financial public prosecutor’s office said Friday, after a previous attempt was refused. The search, carried out on...
Italy, France, Britain and Germany urged Israel Friday to stop expanding its settlements in the West Bank, saying the government was “undermining stability” and prospects for a two-state solution. “We call on the government of...
Poland will receive its first batch of F-35 stealth fighter jets under a deal signed with the United States, as the NATO member looks to secure its borders with Russia and Ukraine. The announcement by Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz came...
A member of the MV Hondius cruise ship crew who disembarked in Spain’s Canary Islands and was repatriated to the Netherlands was confirmed Friday as a new hantavirus case, the WHO said. “Today, the Netherlands confirmed an additional...
The crew member of the MV Hondius cruise ship who has recently tested positive for hantavirus while in quarantine in the Netherlands has been taken to hospital, Dutch authorities said Friday. “The Andes virus has been detected in one person...
The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, as the toll continues to rise. The WHO upgraded its risk assessment level from high to very...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the death toll in a Ukrainian drone strike on a college dormitory in occupied east Ukraine had risen to six dead, with 15 people missing, calling it a “terrorist strike”. “At the...
China imposed export controls Friday on three precursor chemicals shipped to North America, as Washington and Beijing step up cooperation against drug trafficking following US leader Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The chemicals will now...
Indian authorities have sought to block the social media handles of the satirical “Cockroach People’s Party”, formed last week in response to comments from the country’s top judge seen as critical of young people. The parody...
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi (pic) will visit Canada next week, seeking to build “a new type of strategic partnership”, Beijing said Friday (May 22). Wang will visit Canada from May 28 to 30, the first time a Chinese foreign...
Forecasters say a potentially “super” El Niño is rapidly taking shape in the Pacific—but whether it evolves into a history-making event could hinge on fickle winds and other volatile atmospheric shifts. The fast-warming tropical Pacific...
Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating three people for allegedly smuggling Nvidia artificial intelligence chips to China in violation of US export controls. The three defendants are accused of forging documents so they could ship “high...
