Shortest and tallest living women declared ‘icons’ in London
Rumeysa Gelgi holds Jyoti Amge as the world's tallest and shortest women meet at the Savoy Hotel in London on Wednesday. Photo by Guinness World…
Iran orders new advanced nuclear centrifuges to be brought on stream after IAEA censure
Iran's uranium fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, in central Iran. A censure from the U.N. nuclear watchdog over "undeclared nuclear activities" that Tehran slammed as…
Japan passes economic package to address inflation
In hopes of tackling continuing issues of inflation, the Japanese government okayed a wide-ranging economic package worth $250 billion to address racing energy costs and…
Apple, Google face potential investigation over mobile browser dominance
An independent inquiry group on Friday recommended to the British Competition and Markets Authority to investigate Apple and Google over their dominance of mobile web…
Police destroy suspicious ‘hoax device’ outside U.S. London embassy
A suspicious package found outside the U.S. Embassy in London Friday was destroyed in a controlled explosion as London police closed Ponton Road near the…
London Gatwick reopens after 'security incident' evacuates terminal
Train service is resuming and people are returning to the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport after a security alert forced the evacuation of part…
Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries
A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in…
Hungary’s Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won’t enforce ICC arrest warrant
1 of 4 | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed Friday his country will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court…
Spain fines five budget airlines $186 million for ‘abusive practices’
Spain's government said Friday five low-cost airlines have been fined $186.32 million for what Minister of Social Rights Pablo Bustinduy said were abusive practices like…
Britain blacklists daughter of Angola’s former president as it clamps down on corruption
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter Angola's former president Jose Eduardo Van Dunem dos Santos, was sanctioned by Britain on Thursday. File Photo by Bruno Fonseca/EPA-EFE…
Putin gifts bears, yaks and a lion to North Korean zoo
1 of 3 | Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted 70 animals to the Pyongyang Zoo, Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said Wednesday, including…
Russia fires first ICBM of Ukraine war, Kyiv's air force says
Ukraine said Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday morning, marking the first time the nuclear warhead-compatible weapon had been used in the war. Source…
U.S. vetoes U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire, hostage releases
1 of 4 | A Palestinian child screams amid the crowd while trying to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid food shortages in…
Son of Norway’s crown princess facing rape charges after arrest
Marius Borg Hoiby (L) and Norwegian crown princess Mette-Marit attend a government event in Oslo, Norway, on June 16, 2022, and Norwegian police arrested Hoiby…
North Korea looks to boost economic cooperation with Russia alongside growing military ties
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un met with the leader of a Russian delegation to discuss deepening economic and technology cooperation between the two countries,…
Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy leaders in mass trial
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to prison for violating China's National Security Law. File Photo By Jerome Favre/EPA-EFE Nov.…
Israeli airstrikes on Beirut kill 6, including Hezbollah spokesman
1 of 5 | Residents and rescuers gather in front of a building targeted by an Israeli strike in Beirut's Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood, on Sunday,…
Australian senator censured for heckling King Charles III during an address at Parliament House
Australian lawmakers on Monday voted to censure Indigenous Sen. Lidia Thorpe after she heckled Britain's King Charles III in an address to parliament in October…
At least 11 killed, 89 injured in Russian missiles strikes on Ukrainian city of Sumy
Firefighters tackle a blaze at the site of a missile strike on a residential building in Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday night that killed 11 people,…
Australian police charge veteran broadcaster and former nat’l rugby team coach Alan Jones with sex offenses
Alan Jones (C), seen here in a February 2023 photo, has been arrested and charged with committing sex offenses against eight people between 2001 and…