This file photo shows a UN vehicle patrolling the streets before the polls open for the presidential election in Bamako, Mali, July 29, 2018. (PHOTO / REUTERS) BAMAKO – The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he […]
In this file photo dated July 12, 2007, sanitary workers inspect a poultry farm in Kosorin village, 160 km east of Prague, after two outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which is potentially fatal to humans, were confirmed at poultry farms in the centre of the Czech Republic. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE […]
Mexican National Guard stand guard outside a state prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan 1, 2023. (CHRISTIAN CHAVEZ / AP) MEXICO CITY – An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday. An […]
A suspect (second, right) is escorted from a police helicopter by police officers after the arrival for a questioning at the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec 7, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) BERLIN – German lawmakers are calling for a review of security arrangements at the Bundestag lower house of parliament after authorities […]
This handout file photo obtained from the twitter account @GollyItsMollie on Nov 12, 2022, shows smoke rising from the crash after two planes collided mid-air during the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport, in Dallas, Texas. (HANDOUT / @GOLLYITSMOLLIE / AFP) HOUSTON – Six people were killed after two World War II aircraft […]
Members of an election commission count ballots after voting during a referendum at a polling station in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sept 27, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV — The Kremlin on Tuesday announced the results of referendums held in four regions to determine whether they want to become part of Russia. Authorities in Zaporizhzhia said […]
In this photo provided by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, survivors sit on a capsized boat as they are about to be rescued near New Providence in the Bahamas, early Sunday, July 24, 2022. (ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE VIA AP) NASSAU – Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off […]
A road sign reads "Extreme Heat, Plan your journey, Carry water", warning motorists about the heatwave forecast for July 18 and 19, on the M11 motorway north of London on July 17, 2022. (DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) MADRID/LISBON – Britain was heading for its highest temperatures on record and firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe […]
Commuters walk under a message board warning people of disruption over extreme heat at Victoria Station in London on July 18, 2022. (NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP) MADRID/LISBON – A heatwave sweeping southern Europe that has caused hundreds of deaths and huge wildfires in past weeks showed some signs of abating on Monday but continued to […]
Debris of an Antonov cargo plane is seen in Palaiochori village in northern Greece, July 17, 2022, after it reportedly crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala (GIANNIS PAPANIKOS/ AP) ATHENS – A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece late on Saturday, Serbian authorities […]
Law enforcement search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, on July 4, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH / AP PHOTO) HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd of people […]