Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region transport building materials using a donkey-pulled cart, at Umm Rakuba camp in eastern Sudan's Gedaref State, on Aug 11, 2021. (ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) KHARTOUM – The United Nations on Wednesday renewed its warnings over possible food shortage in Sudan amid continued lack of international […]
In this July 19, 2022 photo, municipal workers spray water on bridges over the city's canals, as the Dutch capital baked in the heat, to prevent the metal in the construction from expanding, which can jam them shut blocking boat traffic, in Amsterdam. (PETER DEJONG / AP) AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government on Wednesday declared […]
This file photo taken on Nov 8, 2011 shows a view of the gas pipeline prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224 kilometer gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea, in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) BERLIN – The turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which […]
This file photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows the entrance of the European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam. (FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS / AFP) LONDON / STOCKHOLM – The European Medicines Agency is recommending Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine carry a warning of the possibility of two types of heart inflammation, an added burden for a shot that has […]
In this Aug 1, 2022 photo, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks before the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in the United Nations General Assembly. (YUKI IWAMURA / AP) UNITED NATIONS – The UN secretary-general said on Wednesday that the secretariat of the global body does not take money from the oil and […]
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni sails under Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge after being inspected by Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and UN officials at the entrance of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey on Aug 3, 2022. (EMRAH GUREL / AP) ISTANBUL – The first grain-laden ship leaving Ukraine passed through Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on Wednesday […]
Indian soldiers from MONUSCO, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, attend a ceremony honoring peacekeepers who died during violent protests against Monusco, in Goma, on Aug 1, 2022. (ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, to leave the country, […]
A still image from a video released by Al-Qaeda’s media arm as-Sahab and obtained on Sept 11, 2012 courtesy of the Site Intelligence Group shows al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video, speaking from an undisclosed location on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP / AFP) CAIRO – Al Qaeda leader […]
This photograph taken on July 31, 2022 shows a grain combine harvester collecting wheat near Novoazovsk outside Mariupol in Donetsk. (PHOTO / AFP) SINGAPORE/JAKARTA – Global wheat consumption is headed for its biggest annual decline in decades as record inflation forces consumers and companies to use less and replace the grain with cheaper alternatives, amid […]
Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso’s army said on Wednesday that it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the ccuntry’s southeast earlier this week. Burkina Faso’s army […]
Sergey Lavrov, minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation, addresses the public during a press conference at the Russian embassy, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Aug 2, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States hadmade no approaches to resume talks on anew […]
Indian soldiers from MONUSCO, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, attend a ceremony honoring peacekeepers who died during violent protests against Monusco, in Goma, on Aug 1, 2022. (ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo's government will re-evaluate the withdrawal plan of the United Nations peacekeeping mission after deadly […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]
First sailing from Ukrainian port after deal heralded as step to ease food crisis The Razoni, carrying 26,000 tons of corn, leaves the port of Odessa bound for Tripoli, Lebanon, on Monday. (OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) The departure on Monday of a grain shipment from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa, the first since […]
A little girl comforts her sister by placing her hand on her sister's neck as a nurse prepares to administer a pediatric dose of COVID-19 vaccine during an LA Care Health Plan immunization clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Jan 19, 2022. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) CHICAGO […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]
The US Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (ALASTAIR PIKE / AFP) BUENOS AIRES – The US Department of Justice on Tuesday asked for permission to confiscate an Iranian plane sold to Venezuelan owners and impounded in Argentina on suspicions it was linked to international terrorist groups, the […]
This photograph taken on August 2, 2022 shows the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn, off shore of north-west Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE / AFP) ISTANBUL / KIEV – The first grain-laden cargo ship leaving a Ukrainian port under a UN-brokered deal anchored off Istanbul on the Black Sea on Tuesday, waiting […]
Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative party British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cheers prior to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final football match between England and Germany at the Wembley stadium, in London, on July 31, 2022. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDON – The frontrunner to become British […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York, July 13, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday spoke to President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and apologized for Sunday's incident, where UN peacekeepers opened fire and killed two residents in a […]