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In this file photo dated Oct 11, 2022, a crew member prepares a grain analysis for a control made by members of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) onboard the Barbados-flagged ship "Nord Vind" coming from Ukraine, loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul. (PHOTO / AFP) LADIVOSTOK/BRUSSELS/KYIV - The European...

Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, June 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON - Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for more than a century when he appears on Tuesday in his lawsuit against a publisher whose titles he...

Smoke billows behind buildings from a reported fire in Khartoum, on June 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM — Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan's capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven...

French MP of the 1st constituency of the Somme department Francois Ruffin attends a unity rally of left-wing personalities on the theme of France's pension reform, in Paris, on Jan 10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS — French unions will stage on Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government...

In this Dec 23, 2021 photo, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moderates Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference at the Manezh exhibition hall in central Moscow, Russia. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia remains open to a dialogue with the United States on arms control as it is "extremely important,"...

This picture taken on June 3, 2023 shows a wild elephant eating rubbish mixed with plastic waste at a dump in the eastern district of Ampara, Sri Lanka. (PHOTO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for concerted global action to reduce plastic pollution. Every...

Attendees wave placards during a rally to protest the one-year anniversary of Colorado's abortion law, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, April 4, 2023, outside the State Capitol in downtown Denver. (PHOTO / AP) GENEVA - Millions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in...

This file photo shows Former US Vice-President Mike Pence speaks at a campus lecture hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 12, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON - Former US Vice-President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the...

Unhoused people aged 65 or older to more than double by 2030, study finds A homeless man sleeps on the street in San Francisco, California.  (PHOTO / AP) A growing number of US citizens aged 55 and older are homeless and are having to rely on handouts to survive, advocates...

In this handout photograph taken and released by the Press Office of the Republic of Turkey on June 4, 2023, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul, Turkey. (PHOTO / AFP) ISTANBUL -...

Ukrainian soldiers ride an APC on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) KIEV / MOSCOW - Ukraine is launching counteroffensive actions against Russia in some areas of the frontline, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister said on Monday. "In certain directions we are moving...

A Somali federal government soldier and an African union peacekeeper patrol a street of Mogadishu on July 27, 2014, during a security operation. (PHOTO / AFP) MOGADISHU - The African Union forces and the Somali National Army (SNA) have intensified joint military operations against al-Shabab fighters in Hirshabelle State, central...

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks in the Rayburn Room following the House vote on Fiscal Responsibility Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on May 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON - US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday lauded the debt ceiling deal he negotiated...

People board a bus to leave Khartoum, Sudan, June 3, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified. (PHOTO /AP) KHARTOUM / CAIRO - Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday urged the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to reach...

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on March 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - Prince Harry is expected to appear at London's High Court on Monday as he prepares to give evidence in...

Revelations have deep impact on businesses, govts, tech industry Edward Snowden speaks from Russia during a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg, France, in March 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) Ten years ago this month, Edward Snowden disclosed to the media United States government intelligence programs that used extensive internet and...

In this photo dated June 4, 2021, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni gives a speech at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. (PHOTO / AFP) KAMPALA - Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni late Saturday said 54 of the country's peacekeeping troops were killed in a deadly attack last week in southwest Somalia....

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov delivers a speech during a session of the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on March 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) VLADIVOSTOK - Russia will continue to provide notifications of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launches under the relevant 1988...

Senegalese Gendarmerie block a road after protests burned tires and blocked roads in Dakar, on June 3, 2023. This comes two days after a court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of "corrupting youth" but...

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on May 19, 2023 shows Tunisian President Kais Saied attending the Arab League Summit in Jeddah. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS - Tunisian President Kais Saied said security solutions are not enough to eliminate illegal immigration, according to a statement released...