US issues travel advisory to Niger after kidnapping
WASHINGTON -The United States on Friday issued a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens against traveling to Niger, citing crime, unrest, terrorism, health and kidnapping. The State Department advisory follows the kidnapping last week of an American missionary in Niger’s capital…
Mexico probes deadly military shooting of six in northern border state
MEXICO CITY -Mexican authorities are investigating an incident in Tamaulipas, a northern state bordering the U.S., where six people were fatally shot by an army convoy, renewing debate over the military’s role in areas afflicted by crime. President Claudia Sheinbaum…
Haiti children displaced by violence nearly double in a year, UNICEF says
PORT-AU-PRINCE -Spiraling violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as a year ago, as armed groups tighten control and public services collapse, UNICEF said on Wednesday. The agency estimates that over 6 million people – more…
Nineteen killed in Nepal in ‘Gen Z’ protest over social media ban, corruption
KATHMANDU – At least 19 people in two cities died on Monday in Nepal’s worst unrest in decades, authorities said, as police in the capital fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at…
Ten people killed, 61 hurt after Mexican train hits double-decker bus
MEXICO CITY – Ten people were killed and at least 61 were injured in central Mexico when a freight train smashed into a double-decker passenger bus, which the train operator said had been attempting to pass in front of the…
Britain could cut visas from countries that don’t accept migrant returns
LONDON -Britain said on Monday it could cut the number of visas granted to countries that do not accept the return of migrants with no right to remain, after talks with allies including the United States on how to assert…
Spain bans Israel-bound weapons ships and planes over Gaza
MADRID – Spain on Monday banned ships and aircraft carrying weapons to Israel from calling at Spanish ports or entering its airspace due to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, measures the Israeli foreign minister denounced as antisemitic. Spain, which recognised…
Zelenskiy’s chief of staff discusses Russian strikes on Ukrainian targets with Rubio
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff discussed Russian strikes on Ukrainian targets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday and told him a government building that came under attack on Sunday was hit by a Russian ballistic…
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian taps run dry
KFAR MALIK, West Bank/JERUSALEM -Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing severe water shortages that they say are being driven by increasing attacks on scarce water sources by extremist Jewish settlers. Across the West Bank in Palestinian communities, residents…
North Korea leader Kim promises ‘beautiful life’ for families of ‘martyrs’ killed in Russia
SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised “a beautiful life” for the families of “martyrs” who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on Saturday, praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons…
Russian air defences down drone flying towards Moscow, regional airports closed
Russian air defences on Saturday downed a drone headed for Moscow and specialists were examining fragments on the ground, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. Several airports in central Russia suspended operations because of concerns over safe airspace, Russia’s…
Hurricane Erin could bring dangerous seas as it grows near the Bahamas
Residents in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos on Monday braced for the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, Category 4 Erin, after it strengthened over the weekend while sweeping past Caribbean islands. While Erin is not on track to make direct…
Zelenskyy says he’s open to election in Ukraine, if safe
WASHINGTON-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said he was open to holding an election in his country if the war with Russia came to an end and it was safe to do so. Zelenskyy made the comments at a press…
Actor Terence Stamp, star of Superman films, dies aged 87
LONDON -Terence Stamp, who made his name as an actor in 1960s London and went on to play the arch-villain General Zod in the Hollywood hits “Superman” and “Superman II”, has died aged 87, his family said on Sunday. The…
Pakistani villagers scared to go back to deluged homes after floods kill over 340
BUNER, Pakistan -Residents of a northwestern Pakistani district where devastating floods have killed more than 200 people said on Monday they were too scared to go back to their deluged homes as authorities warned of more rain to come. “Everybody…
Air Canada cabin crews strike for third day as dispute strands passengers
MONTREAL -Hundreds of thousands of Air Canada passengers were grounded at the height of summer travel season on Monday amid a standoff between striking cabin crews and a government board that said the stoppage was unlawful. The Canadian Union of…
Russia strikes Kharkiv with ballistic missile, injures 11
KHARKIV -Russia hit a residential area in Kharkiv with a ballistic missile, injuring at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said late on Sunday, as the U.S. president presses Kyiv to accept a quick deal to end the war that Moscow…
Putin’s offer to end his war in Ukraine
LONDON -Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land, which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at their Alaska summit,…
Trump-Putin direct talks over Ukraine conclude as summit stretches on
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met face-to-face for almost three hours over Moscow’s war in Ukraine on Friday, the Kremlin said, as the two world leaders sought an end to the deadliest conflict in…
US mulled use of Russia icebreakers for gas development ahead of summit
LONDON -The United States has had internal discussions on using Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker vessels to support the development of gas and LNG projects in Alaska as one of the possible deals to aim for when President Donald Trump meets Vladimir…