Cyprus presidential election goes to runoff
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of...
Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief
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...
Pope Francis: Laws criminalizing LGBT are sin and injustice
Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said...
Brutal cold seizes northeast US, shattering record lows
People explore the Ice Castles in -17 C weather in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, on Feb 4, 2023. The northeastern US and Canada are experiencing an Arctic blast that could...
West implements price caps on Russian oil products
A view shows the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on April 28, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) BEIJING - The implementation of...
US judge: Ban on marijuana users owning guns unconstitutional
People line up to buy guns and ammunition at the Ready Gunner gun store on Jan 10, 2021 in Orem, Utah. (PHOTO / AFP) A federal law prohibiting marijuana users...
At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile
Firefighters are seen during a fire in Puren, Araucania region, Chile on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO - Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to...
Protect, advance women for a better South Sudan, pope says
JUBA - Pope Francis joined other Christian leaders and the UN on Saturday in urging the protection and advancement of women in South Sudan, where rape has been a weapon...
Nearly 200 soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Ukrainian servicemen pose on the road as they walk toward their base near the frontline in the Donetsk region on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON - Dozens of...
Thirteen dead as fires blaze through south-central Chile
A man puts out a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO - Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least...
Gibraltar accuses Spain of ‘gross violation of sovereignty’
A picture taken on September 1, 2022 from La Linea de la Concepcion shows the Rock of Gibraltar. (PHOTO / AFP) MADRID - Gibraltar on Friday accused Spain of a...
Peru Congress shelves President Boluarte’s bill for early elections
General view of the Peruvian Congress chamber in session in Lima on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LIMA - Peru's Congress shelved President Dina Boluarte's bill to bring elections...
EU agrees on price caps on Russian refined oil products
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press-service on Feb 3, 2023, shows the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) and President of...
Shun ethnic rivalry and corruption, pope tells African youth
Pope Francis (center) attends a meeting with Bishops at the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)...
FAO: World food prices decline for 10th month running in Jan
An internally displaced man pours wheat grains into a sack at Berley Camp, 20 kilometers from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on Jan10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ROME - World...
France seeks strategy as nuclear waste site risks saturation point
This photo taken on Dec 14, 2022 shows an outdoor view of the crisis unit at the Orano la Hague reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, with the Orano...
Cyprus poll draws record 14 candidates, clear winner unlikely
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades and Cyprus presidential candidate Averof Neophytou, head of the governing right-wing Democratic Rally party, wave to supporters during a pre-election rally in Nicosia, Cyprus Feb 2,...
Chile fires of over 750 hectares threaten woods, farmland
A firefighter works, as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Quillon, Chile, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO — Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853...
Honduras launches $280m UN-backed humanitarian aid plan
The United Nations logo is seen inside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) TEGUCIGALPA — Honduras and the United Nations launched...
Chile wildfires of over 750 hectares threaten woods, farmland
A firefighter works, as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Quillon, Chile, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO — Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853...