Woman killed by falling Christmas tree on Belgian market square
A woman was killed and two people were injured by a large Christmas tree that fell over during stormy weather in the Belgian city of Oudenaarde, authorities said on Friday.
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US scrutinizing airline frequent flyer programs
The US Transportation Department is scrutinizing the frequent flyer programs of major US airlines for potential deceptive or unfair practices, the agency said Thursday as regulators step up oversight of ...
Turkey detains 304 people over suspected Islamic State ties
Turkish authorities have detained 304 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across 32 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
The majority of the suspects ...
Mass shootings in Europe over the decades
A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father then killed 14 people at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, police said of the country’s worst-ever mass shooting.
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UN Security Council aims to vote Friday to boost aid to Gaza
A United Nations Security Council vote on a bid to boost aid to the Gaza Strip was delayed by another day to Friday even though Israel’s ally the United ...
Angola leaves OPEC in blow to oil producer group
Angola said on Thursday it would leave OPEC in a blow to the Saudi-led oil producer group that has sought in recent months to rally support for further output cuts ...
China bans export of rare earths processing tech over national security
China, the world’s top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to extract and separate the critical materials on Thursday, the country’s latest step to protect ...
Biden, Mexico’s president agree more border enforcement needed
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart agreed during a call on Thursday that more enforcement at the border between their countries is needed, the White House said, ...
Eurotunnel unions call off strike after massive disruption to cross-Channel train traffic
Eurotunnel unions called off their strike and said rail traffic would resume Thursday night, French BFM TV reported, after an unexpected strike by French workers interrupted traffic on the undersea ...
Entire Gaza population facing hunger crisis, famine risk -U.N.-backed report
The entire 2.3 million population of the Gaza Strip is facing crisis levels of hunger and the risk of famine is increasing each day as the Israel-Hamas war grinds on, a ...
Gunman kills 14 in attack at his Prague university (Update 3)
A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, police said, marking the country’s ...
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify even as truce talks grow ‘serious’ (Updated)
Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday with some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war and Hamas demonstrated its ability to rocket Tel Aviv, even as ...
New York City Council passes ban on solitary confinement in jails
The New York City Council voted on Wednesday to ban the use of solitary confinement in city jails, with sponsors of the bill arguing that the practice is cruel and ...
Shipping industry in the dark over US-led Red Sea navy force
Shipping companies remain in the dark over a new international navy coalition being assembled by the United States to combat attacks in the Red Sea, with many vessels continuing to ...
Cuba’s Christmas not so merry this year as economic crisis grinds on
Cuban craft vendor Melani Ramos says she is feeling pretty down ahead of the holidays this year, as shelves that are bare and friends and family lost to a record-breaking ...
Russia splashes $12 billion to keep aviation sector in the air
Russia has handed out more than $12 billion in state subsidies and loans to keep its aviation sector afloat since Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine cut off supplies ...
Polish president denounces Tusk’s state media overhaul as ‘anarchy’
The new Polish government led by Donald Tusk is implementing reforms of state media that amount to “anarchy”, the president said on Thursday, amid rising tensions between the head of ...
First protests in Argentina as groups react to Milei austerity plan
Thousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest against the government’s economic shock measures, in the first real test for Argentina‘s new libertarian president, ...
Ukraine to produce a million FPV drones next year -minister
Kyiv plans to produce a million FPV (first-person-view) drones, widely in demand on the front line, and more than 11,000 medium- and long-range attack drones next year, Ukraine’s minister for ...
Venezuela frees dozens, including Americans, in prisoner swap
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government is freeing at least 20 opposition-linked prisoners and 10 Americans in exchange for the U.S release of a Maduro ally, two senior U.S. officials ...
Toyota recalling 1.12 million vehicles over potential air bag issue
Toyota Motor 7203.T said on Wednesday it will recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide because a short circuit in a sensor could cause air bags not to deploy as designed.
The recall ...
Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire
The leader of Hamas paid his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday, a rare personal intervention in diplomacy amid what a source described as intensive ...
AI cannot be patent ‘inventor’, UK Supreme Court rules in landmark case
A US computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a landmark case in Britain about whether AI can ...
Brazil’s Dani Alves to go trial in February in sexual assault case
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves’ trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault has been set for February 5-7, the top court in Catalonia said on Wednesday.
Alves ...