3 people rescued from U.S. Antarctica base in high-risk operation
Three people needing medical care were evacuated from an American research base in Antarctica, New Zealand's air force says, during a perilous rescue operation carried...
Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped...
ICE arrests in L.A. plummeted in July but still higher than usual, new data show
Arrests of undocumented immigrants have dropped significantly across the Los Angeles region two months after the Trump administration launched its aggressive mass depor...
Macron urges tougher line in standoff with Algeria
President Emmanuel Macron urged a tougher line from Paris in an intensifying standoff with former north African colony Algeria, saying France's stance needed to "comman...
Man executed by Iran for nuclear espionage was nuclear scientist, state media say
DUBAI (Reuters) -Rouzbeh Vadi, who state media said was executed on Wednesday for giving information on Iran's nuclear programme to Israel's Mossad spy agency, was hims...
Sudanese airstrike hits Darfur airport, kills 40 suspected mercenaries, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese airstrike hit an airport in the country’s Darfur region controlled by a notorious paramilitary group, destroying a suspected Emirati military ai...
Thailand and Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors despite deadlock over captured soldiers
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia agreed Thursday to establish interim observer teams to monitor a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of of deadly...
Ukraine's funeral workers bearing the burden of war
At a funeral home in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, Svitlana Ostapenko paced around as she prepared the dead for their final journey.After five years of worki...
US-made bombs used in deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza schools, HRW says
Israel has used US-made bombs in “unlawful attacks” on schools sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.In a report released Thursday,...
Israel's Netanyahu to convene security meeting on expanding Gaza war
By Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-MughrabiTEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet with a small group of senior ministers on...