Trinidad and Tobago declares emergency as murders soar
PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency as gang violence in the Caribbean nation continues to escalate.
President Christine...
Hamas police chief killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
GAZA STRIP – More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in 15 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's Hamas-run...
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war
KYIV – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Russian defenSe...
At least 124 people killed as plane crashes in SoKor
SEOUL – At least 120 people are dead after a plane crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea/
The Boeing 737-800 flight –...
Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay upcoming TikTok ban
WASHINGTON – US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a "political...
Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning
SAO PAOLO – Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a...
Palestinian Christians struggle to find Christmas hope
WEST BANK – The little town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank has good reason to consider itself the capital of Christmas but...
Dozens survive Kazakhstan passenger plane crash
ASTANA – Dozens of people have survived a crash involving a plane carrying 67 people in Kazakhstan, local officials say.
Kazakh authorities said 38 people...
Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old frozen baby mammoth remains
MOSCOW – Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia...
Dengue outbreaks hit Central, South America
SAO PAOLO – The number of cases of dengue fever in Central and South America has nearly tripled to a record high this year,...