Women walk next to a destroyed house and the wreckage of a car following an explosion provocked by Al-Shabaab militants' during an attacke to a police station on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on February 16, 2022. Al-Shabaab militants launched simultaneous attacks on police stations around Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, killing two girls and wounding […]
Pope Francis greets the journalists onboard the papal plane on the return flight at the end of a four-day pastoral visit to Bahrain, Nov 6, 2022. (MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said on Sunday European Union member states should share responsibility for taking in migrants and […]
African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo looks on ahead of a press conference regarding the African Union-led negotiations to resolve conflict in Ethiopia at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) offices in Pretoria on Nov 2, 2022. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) NAIROBI – Ethiopia's government and Tigray […]
US President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign for Democratic US senatorial candidate John Fetterman and Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Nov 5, 2022. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) YONKERS, New York – President Joe Biden warned that a Republican win in Tuesday's midterm elections could […]
US President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign for Democratic US senatorial candidate John Fetterman and Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Nov 5, 2022. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) YONKERS, New York – President Joe Biden warned that a Republican win in Tuesday's midterm elections could […]
Rescuers attempt to recover the Precision Air passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania, Nov 6, 2022. (STRINGER / REUTERS) DAR ES SALAAM – At least 19 people died when a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while trying to land at a nearby airport, the prime minister […]
Demonstrators hold a huge rainbow flag during a peace rally against war in Rome, Nov 5, 2022. (GREGORIO BORGIA / AP) ROME – The Italian media on Sunday cast the future of Italy's military support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia in doubt, a day after tens of thousands of Italians took to the […]
Rescuers search for survivors after a Precision Air flight that was carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania on Nov 6, 2022. (SITIDE PROTASE / AFP) DAR ES SALAAM – At least three passengers were killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake […]
This picture shows the main entrance of the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre where the COP27 climate summit will take place, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on Nov 5, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the UN climate summit in […]
resident Joe Biden arrives to speak at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro (left), Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (right) and former President Barack Obama, Nov 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. (PATRICK SEMANSKY / AP) PHILADELPHIA / LATROBE, Pennsylvania – US President Joe Biden told voters in Pennsylvania that a […]
This handout photo taken on Sept 1, 2022 and obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sept 7, 2022 shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during an IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (HANDOUT / IAEA) VIENNA – External power has been restored to Ukraine's […]
This handout picture released by Extinction Rebellion environmental movement on Nov 5, 2022 shows two activists glued by a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid. (EXTINCTION REBELLION / AFP) MADRID – Climate activists glued their hands to the frames of two world-famous paintings […]
People opposing the government of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo hold a demonstration to demand his resignation in Lima, on Nov 5, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – Thousands of people took to the streets across Peru on Saturday to demand the resignation of embattled President Pedro Castillo, a leftist whose government is under investigation […]
The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk past, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 5, 2020.(ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) CARACAS – Venezuela's government rejected on Saturday a decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal […]
The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk past, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 5, 2020.(ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) CARACAS – Venezuela's government rejected on Saturday a decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal […]
In this file photo dated Oct 30, 2022, a local resident looks at debris from a destroyed buildings in Mogadishu on Oct 30, 2022 after an car bombing targeted the education ministry on Oct 29, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a military […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Russian Investigative Committee on Nov 5, 2022, shows police officers and investigators working at a cafe in Kostroma destroyed by a fire. (HANDOUT / RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITEE / AFP) MOSCOW – At least 13 people were killed and 4 more injured by an overnight fire at a […]
A dog walks during a sandstorm in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on Nov 2, 2022. (HUSSEIN FALEH / AFP) GENEVA – Climate change is dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe, particularly those who live in conflict situations or do not have sufficient access to basic health care, the International Committee of the Red […]
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint news conference with Greece's President following their meeting at the Mariinskiy palace in Kyiv on Nov 3, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday met with visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to discuss […]
A doctor (center) gives a man the first of two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle, the United States, on Jan 24, 2021. (TED S. WARREN / AP) MOSCOW / BERLIN – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday estimated […]