UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
A new U.N. report says violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached โextreme levelsโ in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine.
King Charles III painting vandalized by animal rights activists
Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners use vandalism to publicize their causes.
More global confidence in Biden than Trump even as views of US democracy decline, poll finds
A new poll finds that people around the globe have greater confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right thing compared to his challenger in this year's U.S. elections, former President Donald Trump.
French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections
French opposition parties on the left and the right are scrambling to form alliances for the upcoming snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron after his party suffered a crushing defeat by the far right at the European vote on Sunday.
Blinken welcomes UN vote in favor of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept it
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.N. Security Councilโs vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has made it โas clear as it possibly could beโ that the world supports the plan.
UN says Israeli forces, Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in deadly raid
The U.N. human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over the weekend.
Soldiers, police and forest rangers continue search for missing plane carrying Malawi vice president
Soldiers, police officers and forest rangers are continuing to search for a missing military plane carrying Malawiโs vice president, a former first lady and eight others that is suspected to have crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country.
New Zealand renews search for father who vanished into forest with children 2 years ago
Police in New Zealand offered an 80,000 New Zealand dollar reward and immunity from prosecution on Tuesday to anyone who could help them secure the safe return of three children missing since December 2021.
In Italy's Puglia region, women take the lead in challenging the local mafia at great personal risk
Puglia is known for its olive groves, white-washed houses and spectacular coastlines that will provide the backdrop when Premier Giorgia Meloni hosts Group of Seven leaders for their annual summit this week.
UN Security Council to vote on cease-fire resolution aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Monday afternoon on a U.S. resolution that welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted.
Indian PM Modi names Cabinet for coalition government after his party lost majority
Indiaโs Prime Minister Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, has named a Cabinet that retains his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party losing majority in a shock election result.
Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It's a risky bet
French President Emmanuel Macron called snap legislative elections after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and projected to garner less than half the support of Marine Le Penโs National Rally.
The Latest | Blinken holds talks on Gaza in the wake of Israeli rescue raid and Palestinian deaths
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a new visit to the region in the shadow of the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs government.
Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes
A senior Ukrainian military officer says that the country's air force may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets itโs set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes.
South Korea says North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along the border
South Koreaโs military says itโs detecting signs that North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along their border, a day after the South blared anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over its speakers for the first time in years.
The far right's election gains rattle EU's traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.
A look at the prospects for a cease-fire deal after Israel rescued 4 hostages from Hamas captivity
Israelโs dramatic rescue of four hostages from inside the Gaza Strip comes at a sensitive time in the 8-month-old war, as Israel and Hamas weigh an American-backed proposal for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining captives.
Blinken returns to Mideast as Israel-Hamas cease-fire proposal hangs in balance after hostage rescue
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance following the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Apple expected to enter AI race with ambitions to overtake the early leaders
Appleโs annual World Wide Developers Conference on Monday is expected to herald the companyโs move into generative artificial intelligence, marking its late arrival to a technological frontier thatโs expected to be as revolutionary as the invention of the iPhone.
UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
The director of the U.N. World Food Program says the program has โpausedโ its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza out of concern for the safety of its workers.
German exit polls point to far right gains in European election and a weak government showing
Exit polls point to very weak results for Germanyโs governing parties and gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany in Sundayโs vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition is set to remain the countryโs strongest political force in the legislature.
Relying on coalition partners, Modi is sworn in for a rare third term as India's prime minister
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as Indiaโs prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome.
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Iranโs Guardian Council on Sunday approved the countryโs hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to run in the countryโs June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others.
Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns
The decision by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave D-Day commemorations in northern France early has caused a political storm that threatens to derail his Conservative Partyโs general election campaign.
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
While the cause of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protรฉgรฉ of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has exposed the contradictions and challenges facing the countryโs Shiite theocracy.