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'Catch and kill' tabloid chief winds up testimony...
Donald Trump's historic criminal trial wrapped up for the week on Friday following four days of testimony by a colorful ex-tabloid...
UN ends, suspends probes into 5 UNRWA staffers acc...
A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the October 7 Hamas...
Aaron Sorkin working on new Facebook movie tied to...
Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning writer of "The Social Network," is working on a follow-up movie about Facebook that will explore the c...
Barking mad? Milei's attachment to 'dead' dog rais...
Does Javier Milei communicate with a ghost dog whose death he refuses to accept? Forced to respond to questions about his mental h...
'Catch and kill' tabloid chief winding up testimon...
The first week of arguments in Donald Trump's criminal trial was wrapping up on Friday following four days of gripping testimony f...
US announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced $6 billion in new military aid for Ukraine on Friday as Washington rushes to fill gaps...
Jewish students conflicted over US campus protests
Israel's war against Hamas has sparked anger and division around the world, including on US campuses, where some Jewish students f...
Erdogan's White House talks with Biden postponed:...
A rare meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House has been postpon...
France, Germany sign deal on 'tank of the future'
France and Germany on Friday firmed up plans to jointly develop a next-generation battle tank equipped with artificial intelligenc...
Junta-led Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of Amer...
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report accusing...
Tabloid head returning to witness stand in Trump h...
A former tabloid publisher who squashed potentially embarrassing stories about Donald Trump was to take the witness stand again on...
Portable missiles proliferating in Mideast, N.Afri...
Armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa have little difficulty getting their hands on portable surface-to-air missiles de...
'We will shed blood': Armenians vow to fight land...
Angry at their government agreeing to cede territory to arch-foe Azerbaijan, dozens of Armenian protesters have blocked major high...
Iran ally Syria strives to stay out of Gaza war: e...
Syria has avoided getting embroiled in the Gaza war, experts said, despite a strike on Iran's Damascus consulate, blamed on Israel...
Israeli army says missile fire kills civilian near...
The Israeli army said Friday a civilian was killed near the country's northern border with Lebanon, as near-daily exchanges of fir...
Qataris 'strike back' at Gaza mediation critics
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its...
Xi tells Blinken US, China should be 'partners, no...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world's two biggest economies should be "partn...
Asian markets mixed as strong US tech earnings off...
Markets were mixed on Friday after forecast-topping earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet helped soothe worries that a tech-fuelled...
China warns Blinken against US pressure in top-lev...
China's foreign minister warned Antony Blinken on Friday that US pressure could trigger a "downward spiral", as the visiting secre...
Russian women face violence from Ukraine veterans
Olga drew her index finger abruptly across her neck as she recounted the threats her husband levelled at her after he returned to...
The Indian villagers who lost their homes to the s...
The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reac...
China warns Blinken over deteriorating ties in tal...
China on Friday urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address rising disagreements or risk a "downward spiral" between the...
Haiti transitional council sworn in as gunshots ri...
A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in Haiti, marking a critical step forward in restoring functional...
Further Trump trial delay looms as Supreme Court w...
The US Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Thursday of Donald Trump's claim that a former president is "absolutely immune" from cr...
DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' f...
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the co...
US Supreme Court weighs Trump claim of 'absolute i...
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday on whether a former president is immune from criminal prosecution and appeared po...
Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid worker...
A ceremony for seven aid workers of the World Central Kitchen killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza was held in Washington on Thursd...
UK slaps fresh sanctions on Iran after Israel atta...
The UK on Thursday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran's drone and missile ind...
Putin says plans to visit China in May
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he plans to visit China in May, his first planned trip abroad since re-election as...
#SaveToomaj: Iran urged to spare rapper after 'gro...
Iranian authorities on Thursday faced pressure to release and clear a prominent rapper sentenced to death in a verdict supporters...
Ukrainian village battles mines year after Russia...
Every metre that farmer Igor Kniazev ploughs in an east Ukrainian village holds the danger of mines, booby-traps and unexploded sh...
Haiti transitional council sworn in after months o...
A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in violence-wracked Haiti, while the Caribbean nation's embattled...