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Russia advances in east, kills five in Dnipro stri...
Russia said Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, wh...
Labour predicted to eject Tories in UK election
Britain's political leaders made a final push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Lab...
Only far right can win absolute majority, French P...
The far-right National Rally (RN) is the only party capable of winning an absolute majority in France's legislative elections, Pri...
UEFA investigates Turkey defender Demiral for far-...
UEFA said Wednesday it had opened a probe into Turkey defender Merih Demiral for celebrating a goal in the team's 2-1 win against...
Johnson tries to fire up flagging campaign as UK e...
Ex-prime minister Boris Johnson tried to rally the Conservative party faithful as UK politicians on Wednesday spent a final day ca...
Markets track Wall St records as Powell revives ra...
Asian and European stocks rose Wednesday following fresh records on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell fanned h...
Kenya police say over 270 arrested for criminal ac...
Kenyan police said they have arrested more than 270 people masquerading as protesters who are suspected of going on a criminal ram...
Reformist, ultraconservative in Iran presidential...
Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Weste...
Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister?
Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned-state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work eth...
All change? Labour tipped to oust Tories at UK ele...
Britain looks likely to see a change of government this week, swinging leftwards back to the centre ground and the Labour party af...
Growing discontent amid dollar, fuel shortages in...
Bolivian long-haul driver Gerardo Salluco prepares to spend his second night in a snaking queue of buses, waiting for fuel at a se...
Haiti PM vows 'transparency' to population traumat...
Garry Conille, a medical doctor by training who once briefly served as Haiti's prime minister, says he never hesitated to return h...
White House fights anxiety over Biden's future
Democrats shocked by Joe Biden's dismal debate performance urged the US president Tuesday to be transparent about his mental fitne...
Biden, facing tempest at home, devotes time to S.A...
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday congratulated South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on winning a new term, devoting time to a...
Second contingent of police coming to Haiti in 'co...
A second contingent of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission in Haiti will arrive "in the coming weeks," Prime Minister Gar...
Stakes high for Haiti as Kenya forces deploy
Haiti's leaders face a high-stakes balancing act as Kenyan forces arrive in the violence-wracked country, where security is desper...
White House fights anxiety over Biden's health
Democrats shocked by Joe Biden's dismal debate performance urged the US president Tuesday to be transparent about his mental fitne...
Judge postpones Trump's New York sentencing to Sep...
A judge postponed Tuesday Donald Trump's sentencing for covering up hush money payments until September 18, the first fallout of a...
Philippines says it agrees with China to 'de-escal...
The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday to "de-escalate tensions" over the South China Sea, Manila said, following a violent c...
Biden, aides urged to be open about his health
Democrats shocked by Joe Biden's dismal debate performance urged the US president Tuesday to be transparent about his mental fitne...
Thousands of Palestinians flee as Israel pounds Ga...
Palestinians fled parts of southern Gaza in droves on Tuesday as Israeli forces ordered evacuations and launched deadly strikes am...
80% of Gazans now displaced: UN humanitarian coord...
The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said Tuesday that 1.9 million people -- 80 percent of the territory's population -- were...
Tear gas, rocks, and looting: Kenya police and pro...
Crowds in Kenya's capital Nairobi lobbed rocks and looted businesses as police officers fired tear gas in scattered violence durin...
US to provide $2.3 bn in new security aid for Ukra...
The United States will provide a new $2.3 billion security assistance package for Ukraine that will include key air defense and an...
Candidates exit French runoff to block far right
More than 200 centrist and left-wing candidates pulled out of France's legislative election runoff ahead of a Tuesday deadline, in...
Kenya police and protesters clash at rallies in ca...
Protesters clashed with police in Kenya's capital Nairobi Tuesday and some were arrested, AFP reporters saw, as calls for peaceful...
Orban calls for Ukraine ceasefire to speed up peac...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Kyiv on Tuesday to work towards a "quick ceasefire" in Ukraine that could pave the way...
European stocks, euro retreat ahead of major elect...
European stock markets and the euro retreated Tuesday on concerns about potential economic fallout should the far-right win power...
Candidates exit French runoff to block far right f...
French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in a...
New Dutch PM sworn in with mission to curb asylum
Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in former spy chief Dick Schoof as new prime minister Tuesday, at the head of a right-wing coali...
Kenya police fire tear gas at small rallies in cap...
Kenyan police fired tear gas to scatter small crowds in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, AFP reporters saw, after youth activists c...
Dozens protest in Kenya with riot police out in fo...
Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets Tuesday under a heavy police presence, with many shops shuttered as youth activists called f...