The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus. …
The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the former Assad regime. Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas spoke Tuesday after …
CANNES, France (AP) — Much of the cinema world has descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza holds its 78th edition. This gallery features daily highlights from …
Iran’s supreme leader has pushed back against U.S. criticism of the country’s nuclear program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that Tehran won’t seek permission from anyone to enrich …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war. …
The advocacy group Human Rights Watch says military personnel in Mali carried out “apparent summary executions” of at least 22 people in the conflict-hit central region of the country. At least …
Tuesday was the eighth annual “World Bee Day.” Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years. Experts blame a combination of factors. They include insecticides, parasites, …
The European Union is considering whether to deport migrants to countries they have no obvious connection to. The plans announced Tuesday are part of an ongoing drive to send away more people who are …
Syria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more than six decades. The Ein el-Fijeh spring in the Barada Valley that is the …
A second man has been charged over a series of fires that targeted properties linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Police said Tuesday that 26-year-old Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc from …
A London court has sentenced an Egyptian man to 25 years in prison for smuggling people from North Africa into Italy. Ahmed Ebid, who arrived in the U.K. in October 2022 after crossing the English …
The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed …
The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races. But one haka performed in …
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. The online match was billed as …
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted is topping the agenda at a White House …
Hong Kong-trade shares in CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, have jumped after the company raised around $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering …
The Taiwanese president says trade tensions between the United States and Taiwan are just “frictions between friends.” President Lai Ching-te gave a speech on Tuesday focused on the island’s …
Local elders in northwest Pakistan say a suspected drone strike has killed four children and wounded five others. The attack prompted thousands of residents to stage a protest on Tuesday by placing …
A stream of people in Taiwan left flowers and bags of snacks Tuesday near an intersection in New Taipei city where a driver plowed through pedestrians the previous day. Three people were killed …
Denzel Washington sandwiched a whirlwind trip to the Cannes Film Festival in between Broadway performances for the premiere of Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” on Monday. Cannes flipped around …