French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in...
Runaway wallabies spark police chase spanning 2 countries
Two runaway wallabies sparked a cross-border chase in Belgium and France, with police and firefighters hot on the heels of the fast-hopping marsupials.Firemen captured...
Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay $1 billion in com...
Danish police evacuate music festival amid heavy rain
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish police evacuated a music festival on Thursday and warned people in the west coast city of Esbjerg to stay indoors amid flooding caused by a...
Hamas 'hardens' stance in ceasefire talks as Netanyahu recalls negotiation team
Ceasefire negotiations between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization hit a setback Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled Israel’s negotiating de...
US issues new North Korea-related sanctions
(Reuters) -The United States Department of the Treasury on Thursday issued sanctions against three individuals and a company based in North Korea and China, the departm...
Brazil’s Supreme Court declines to arrest Bolsonaro over social media ban
The Brazilian Supreme Court has confirmed it has no plans to take former President Jair Bolsonaro into custody for now, after it warned earlier this week he could be ar...
Battle over the Black Sea: Russia, Ukraine strike top resort cities
Russia and Ukraine took aim at corresponding Black Sea resort cities early Thursday morning, just hours after ceasefire talks in Turkey once again failed to deliver res...
ICC convicts Central African Republic rebels over war crimes
The International Criminal Court has convicted two leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic for multiple war crimes committed ag...
Why are Gazans not getting sorely needed aid?
Gazans are in desperate need of essentials after more than 21 months of war, but efforts to get aid into the Palestinian territory -- and to its hungry residents -- fac...