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Deadly strikes in Gaza as Israel commits to talks
Israel carried out deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday and engaged in combat with Hamas fighters, while to the north it exchange...
New UK PM Starmer 'restless for change' after huge...
Newly elected UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Saturday began his first full day in charge declaring himself "restless for change...
France braces for crunch election as overseas terr...
France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territorie...
Russian wrestlers reject Olympics invitation
Russian wrestlers who were given permission to participate in this summer's Olympic Games have rejected the invitation, the Russia...
Calling for better ties with West, Iran reformist...
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on Saturday won a runoff presidential ele...
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential electi...
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili...
Iran reformist Pezeshkian holds early lead in runo...
Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian held an early lead Saturday in a runoff presidential election against ultraconservati...
Stubborn Biden dismisses calls to quit in key TV i...
Joe Biden fended off questions about his mental fitness and electability on Friday in a TV interview meant to draw a line under a...
France holds its breath ahead of uncertain vote
France's tense election campaign was on hold Saturday on the eve of the final vote, but thoughts were turning to an uncertain futu...
Starmer begins UK 'rebuild' after landslide electi...
Newly elected Labour prime minister Keir Starmer will kickstart his plan to "rebuild Britain" on his first full day in charge Satu...
UK's new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names...
Keir Starmer set to work as Britain's new leader Friday, speaking with world leaders and appointing his ministerial team after his...
Spain and France to face off in Euros last four, T...
Spain will face France in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 after knocking out hosts Germany as Turkey reacted with dismay to defender...
Israel says negotiators to hold fresh Gaza truce t...
Israel said Friday that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but that it will send a d...
Kyiv, allies slam Orban for Ukraine talks with Put...
Kyiv and its Western allies hit out at Hungarian leader Viktor Orban on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him i...
Biden declares he's all in ahead of high-risk TV i...
A defiant Joe Biden told supporters Friday he would stay in the White House race and beat Donald Trump, as he readied for a crucia...
New PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top...
Keir Starmer set to work as Britain's new leader Friday, speaking with other world leaders and appointing his ministerial team aft...
M23 rebels, DRC begin two-week 'humanitarian truce...
A two-week humanitarian truce began between Kinshasa and M23 rebels on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-scarred ea...
Hungary's Orban holds Ukraine talks with Putin on...
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Viktor Orban on Friday that Ukraine must effectively capitulate if it wants peace, in a visi...
New PM Starmer names top team after vowing to 'reb...
Keir Starmer got down to work as Britain's new leader Friday, appointing his ministerial team after his centre-left Labour party's...
Rwanda-backed rebels, DRC begin two-week 'humanita...
A two-week humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels began on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's...
China's Xi pledges support for Tajikistan 'territo...
Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Friday to defend the "territorial integrity" of Tajikistan as he announced a boost to dip...
New UK government faces tough economic challenge
Britain's new Labour government on Friday pledged immediate action to grow the economy after the centre-left party won a landslide...
Pro-Gaza vote dampens Labour's victory in UK elect...
Labour's landslide UK election victory announced on Friday had one notable blip: a chunk of its core Muslim voter base chose to ba...
In Brexit stronghold, UK voters ready for Farage's...
Residents of the English seaside town that elected Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage on Friday hailed his anti-immigration party's su...
David Lammy: friend of Obama now UK foreign minist...
Britain's new foreign minister David Lammy, appointed Friday, is a trailblazing black lawmaker descended from slaves who calls for...
Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to prison ho...
Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital and his lawyers have been denied access to him for tw...
Le Pen says Mbappe should not 'lecture' French vot...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday said that Kylian Mbappe should not be telling French people how to vote after the...
Fuel shortages a bitter pill for Cuba's sugar cane...
Cuba's sugar cane industry, once the world leader, first lost the United States as its main client 60 years ago, then the Soviet U...
Scottish independence hit as SNP suffers 'damaging...
The pro-separatist Scottish National Party was virtually obliterated at the UK general election on Friday, suffering a devastating...
Pound climbs after Labour election win
The pound advanced Friday after Britain's centre-left Labour Party clinched an expected landslide election victory to end 14 years...
Biden seeks reset with high-risk TV interview
With his reelection bid on the line, US President Joe Biden sits down Friday for a crucial TV interview to persuade doubters of hi...
Psychological wounds hard to heal for Gaza war vic...
On a floating hospital near Gaza, doctors aren't just treating physical wounds -- they're providing emotional support too for chil...