Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador announced Thursday, saying it was “outrageous” that Israel has been blacklisted over accusations of sexual violence in war zones...
The Philippines and Japan agreed on Thursday to negotiate an intelligence sharing agreement, as the two nations draw closer under the increasing shadow of China’s naval ambitions. Visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Prime...
US climber Tyler Andrews set a new speed record using supplementary oxygen on Mount Everest on Thursday, his team told AFP, summiting the world’s highest peak an hour quicker than anyone before. Andrews, 36, climbed the 8,849-metre (29,032...
A viral video of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picking up two writhing black snakes with his bare hands has put his often bizarre adventures with animals back in the spotlight. Kennedy is an unusual government minister, surrounded by...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the United States for more ammunition for its Patriot air defence systems to counter Russian ballistic missiles, according to a document reviewed by AFP on Wednesday. In a letter dated May 26 and...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday said a return to war with the United States was unlikely, while warning that the Islamic republic stood ready against any attack. The statement came a day after Iran accused the US of breaching the...
A number of people have died and several have been badly injured after a chemical leak at a plant in the northwestern US state of Washington, officials said Tuesday. A tank containing a substance known as white liquor burst at the Nippon Dynawave...
Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a decisive win for his favored candidate in a bitter Senate primary runoff in Texas, as scandal-plagued Ken Paxton’s victory further cemented the US president’s grip on the Republican Party...
Dozens of undeclared chemical weapons have been found in Syria, a global watchdog said on Tuesday, in its monthly report on its activities in the country. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said a team was deployed at...
Four teenagers have drowned in lakes in England since Sunday amid a heatwave, police said. The school-age children drowned over a long weekend including a public holiday on Monday as temperatures soared to reach record-breaking levels near London...
Poland and the United Kingdom will sign a defence treaty in London on Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. “This is a historic moment because, after having signed a treaty in Nancy with the French Republic, Poland will...
Last year’s brazen robbery of the Louvre — when thieves made off with jewellery worth some $100 million — is set to become a movie and a documentary series, a publisher said on Tuesday. French director Romain Gavras — whose...
Mexican security forces captured the US-wanted nephew of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the border state of Sonora, authorities said Tuesday. Omar Garcia Harfuch, secretary of security, said on X that the suspect is the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday freeing new army recruits of debts of up to 10 million rubles ($139,000), as Moscow continues to roll out financial incentives to lure more men to fight in Ukraine. Russia has for more than...
Jonathan Andic, son of the founder of the Mango clothing brand, who has been arrested in Spain as part of an investigation into his father’s 2024 death while hiking together, has denied the accusation of murder. In an open letter to staff...
