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German chancellor slams Trump's Ukraine rare earths demand
Feb 08, 2025
BERLIN — German chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed as "selfish and self-serving" Donald Trump's demands for Ukrainian rare earths in exchange for US military aid, in an interview published on Saturday.  Rare earths group metals used to transform power into motion in a vast array of things ranging from electric vehicles to missiles and there i ...
No survivors after wreckage of missing Alaska plane found: coast guard
Feb 08, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States — The wreckage of a plane that went missing in Alaska has ...
M23 calls public meeting in captured DRC city as fighters advance
Feb 06, 2025
GOMA, DR Congo — Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since ...
Top South Korean officer says was asked to help Yoon martial law bid
Feb 06, 2025
SEOUL — The commander of a crack South Korean special forces unit told a court on Thursday he had been asked by a superior officer how to cu ...
Kyiv says captured 909 Russian troops over Kursk operation
Feb 06, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said Thursday it had captured more than 900 Russian troops in six months of fighting in the western Russian Kursk re ...
US appears to backtrack as Trump Gaza plan sparks global outcry
Feb 06, 2025
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump's administration appeared to backtrack Wednesday after his proposal to take over Gaza sparked uproar, ...
Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Feb 06, 2025
ATHENS — A fresh series of quakes hit the Greek island of Santorini early on Thursday, part of an unprecedented seismic wave that has baffle ...
French PM set to survive no confidence vote
Feb 05, 2025
PARIS — French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected on Wednesday to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing ...
Five people wounded in Sweden school shooting
Feb 04, 2025
STOCKHOLM — Five people were shot and wounded at a school in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Tuesday, police said, urging the public t ...
Ex-NATO chief Stoltenberg named Norway finance minister
Feb 04, 2025
OSLO — Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg was on Tuesday named Norway’s new finance minister, taking on the key role as the Labour governmen ...
S. Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home Wednesday
Feb 04, 2025
CAPE TOWN — The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more than a week ago are ...
Russia advanced 430 square km in Ukraine in January: AFP analysis
Feb 03, 2025
PARIS — Russian forces advanced 430 square kilometres into Ukrainian territory in January and are headed towards the logistics hub of Pokrov ...
Belgium moves to right as new PM De Wever sworn in
Feb 03, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium's new prime minister, after striking a hard-fought coalition d ...
Magnitude 7.6 quake shakes Caribbean, tsunami warnings lifted
Feb 09, 2025
Swiss vote rejects placing ecology at heart of constitution
Feb 09, 2025
UK's Grenfell Tower to be demolished after 2017 disaster
Feb 06, 2025
US aid agency places global staff on leave as part of Trump's purge
Feb 05, 2025
Explosion at Ukraine army recruitment centre kills one
Feb 05, 2025
'We're not afraid': Santorini residents brave tremors to stay put
Feb 05, 2025
M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh DR Congo offensive
Feb 05, 2025
'No indication of terrorism' as Brussels police hunt gunmen
Feb 05, 2025
Trump's contentious US national security picks face Senate grilling
Jan 31, 2025
Trump freezes federal aid to Americans, triggering fury
Jan 28, 2025
French president Macron's popularity hits new low
Jan 26, 2025
US migrant deportation flights arrive in Latin America
Jan 25, 2025
More than 250 Bangkok schools close over air pollution
Jan 23, 2025
200,000 intl troops needed to secure any Ukraine peace: Zelensky
Jan 22, 2025
Trump touts $500b AI project from Softbank, Oracle, OpenAI
Jan 22, 2025
Spaniard kidnapped in Mali thanks Algeria after rescue
Jan 22, 2025
A mug shot and a solitary cell for S. Korea's impeached president
Jan 20, 2025
Covid's origins reviewed- Lab leak or natural spillover?
Jan 19, 2025
US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
Jan 18, 2025
Eight dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania - WHO
Jan 15, 2025
6.8-magnitude quake prompts Japan tsunami alert
Jan 13, 2025
Russia accuses Ukraine of 'energy terrorism' over alleged pipeline strike
Jan 13, 2025

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