Israel will allow a "basic amount" of food into the Gaza Strip, the prime minister's office has said, after facing mounting pressure to lift a total blockade imposed more than two months ago.
2 hours agoOn Friday, the 82-year-old Democrat -- whose son Beau Biden died of cancer in 2015 -- was diagnosed with the disease after he experienced urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found, a statement from his office said.
3 hours agoHundreds of officials from the World Health Organization will join donors and diplomats in Geneva from Monday with one question dominating their thoughts – how to cope with crises from mpox to cholera without their main funder, the United States.
4 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto is in Bangkok on Monday for an official visit, as he reconvenes with Thailand’s leaders to strengthen bilateral ties ahead of his first ASEAN summit in Malaysia and amid regional concerns over the ongoing tariff war started by the United States.
6 hours agoPope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
19 hours agoThe US embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the US government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
21 hours agoA Mexican Navy sailing ship festooned with lights and a giant flag crashed into the landmark Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, shearing the top of its masts, killing two people and injuring 17 others, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.
22 hours agoFamilies of some of the 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes plan to object to a tentative nonprosecution agreement between the planemaker and the US Justice Department, a lawyer said on Saturday.
1 day agoSugiono said Macron would kick off his two-day visit to Indonesia on May 27, while Li is scheduled to arrive earlier.
2 days agoSugiono said the 1945 State Constitution had given the mandate for the Indonesian government to join any efforts that would lead to the creation of the global peace.
2 days agoA Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon, police said on Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake.
3 days agoAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touted his country's defense cooperation with Indonesia during a visit to Jakarta on Thursday, his first trip abroad since his reelection.
3 days agoMalaysia's premier Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday he discussed the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin, days after the UN's aviation agency blamed the 2014 tragedy on Moscow.
3 days agoA Mexican Navy sailing ship festooned with lights and a giant flag crashed into the landmark Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, shearing the top of its masts, killing two people and injuring 17 others, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said.
22 hours agoFamilies of some of the 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes plan to object to a tentative nonprosecution agreement between the planemaker and the US Justice Department, a lawyer said on Saturday.
1 day agoUS military service branches take pride in their history and anniversary celebrations, called birthdays, across the United States and on bases around the world.
2 days agoTributes poured in from across Latin America on Tuesday following the death of Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter revered by the left for his humility and progressive politics.
4 days agoBurgeoning commerce in recent years has helped grow Beijing's influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of strategic significance for the United States.
4 days agoHarvard University expanded its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's moves to cut off billions of dollars in federal funding to the Ivy League school on Tuesday after officials said they are terminating an additional US$450 million in grants.
5 days agoThe Trump administration welcomed on Monday 59 white South Africans it granted refugee status in the US, having deemed them victims of racial discrimination, while drawing criticism from Democrats and stirring confusion in South Africa.
6 days agoThe talks in Turkey on Friday were the first time the sides had held face-to-face talks since March 2022, weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour.
1 day agoThe EU accused TikTok on Thursday of breaking digital rules after concluding that the Chinese-owned social media platform was not transparent enough about advertisements.
3 days agoRoughly half the world's population is already at risk of contracting the two diseases, which were once mainly confined to tropical regions.
4 days agoPutin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday "without any preconditions". Late on Wednesday, the Kremlin said the delegation would include presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky and Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin - but Putin's name was not on the list.
4 days agoScorching heatwaves fueled by global warming are increasing the risk of dangerous complications during pregnancies across the world, a report warned on Wednesday.
4 days ago"Our position is well known. You know that Russia was not a country that took part in the investigation of this incident, so we do not accept any biased conclusions," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
5 days agoThe US embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the US government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
21 hours agoThe escalation also came as Hamas said a new round of indirect negotiations with Israel "without any preconditions" aimed at ending the war had started in Doha.
1 day agoDemocrats Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz and Tim Kaine, and Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, introduced resolutions of disapproval in the Senate that would block three arms sales to the UAE.
3 days agoUS President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a "record" order for 160 planes from Boeing, as he signed a raft of deals in Doha alongside Qatar's emir.
4 days agoAn Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist whom it accused of working with Hamas and was recovering in hospital from an earlier strike, the territory's health ministry said.
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