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.
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.
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.
Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
A new report by an independent group of experts says it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza, but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded data collection to prove it.
Washington warns of danger from China in remembering the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
Members of the U.S. Congress say the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against peaceful student protesters 35 years ago in the heart of Beijing is as ruthless and suppressive today as it was in 1989.
US launches lobbying blitz to sell Gaza cease-fire plan to Hamas through Arab and Muslim nations
The Biden administration has launched an intense drive to persuade Hamas and Israel to accept a new cease-fire proposal in the nearly eight-month-old war in Gaza while it also presses Arab nations to get the militant group to go along with the terms.
Treasury official says budget assistance designed to help Ukraine anti-corruption efforts
Just back from a visit to Ukraine, a U.S. Treasury official is describing a country whose wartime economy has proven resilient in the face of Russiaโs invasion, and he says U.S. and allied budget assistance is designed to help Ukraine combat corruption and increase transparency.
India's popular but polarizing PM Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power.
The UN says global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023. Developing countries are hard hit
The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that โ crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action.