Dozens drown after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast
At least 59 migrants have drowned after their fishing boat sank off the Greek coast in the early hours of Wednesday, Greece's Coast Guard said.
2023-06-14 19:17
Blinken speaks with Chinese foreign minister ahead of expected high-stakes visit to Beijing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with China's foreign minister by phone on Wednesday, a call that comes ahead of a highly anticipated expected visit by Washington's top diplomat to China as the two superpowers try to improve the dismal state of their ties.
2023-06-14 14:24
Tens of thousands evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for Cyclone Biparjoy
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for the impact of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is expected to make landfall in densely populated areas across the subcontinent Thursday, putting millions of lives at risk.
2023-06-14 13:50
Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range, military says
Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military training center in central Japan, the country's Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) has told CNN.
2023-06-14 12:49
Dutch intelligence warned CIA about alleged Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream pipelines, Netherlands' public broadcaster reports
Dutch military intelligence warned the American intelligence service, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday without specifying a source.
2023-06-14 04:49
Myanmar junta suspends aid access to a million people in state devastated by Cyclone Mocha
Myanmar's ruling junta has suspended humanitarian access to western Rakhine state, where more than a million vulnerable people are in urgent need of aid a month after a powerful cyclone devastated the region, the United Nations said.
2023-06-13 14:45
Russian accounts admit Ukrainian forces are making some gains in heavy fighting
Russian and Ukrainian forces are reporting intense fighting along the border of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and southern Zaporizhzhia regions as Kyiv's military attempts to break through the front lines and recapture territory in an ongoing counteroffensive.
2023-06-13 14:23
Saudi Arabia is now stealing sporting headlines as prince pursues global ambitions
Saudi Arabia has been in the headlines a lot lately -- this time for trying to find its place in the sporting world. It's spending big money
2023-06-12 22:18
11-year-old British girl shot dead in France over apparent land dispute
An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead in Saint-Herbot, a hamlet in Brittany, western France, on Saturday, according to the local prosecutor.
2023-06-12 21:16
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former showman leader, dies at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant billionaire and former Italian prime minister who once described himself as the "Jesus Christ of politics," has died at a Milan hospital at the age of 86, his press office confirmed on Monday.
2023-06-12 17:23
China records fewest marriages in more than three decades as population crisis looms
China last year recorded its lowest number of marriages since public records became available, furthering a nearly decade-long decline in matrimony that has coincided with falling birth rates and triggered government concern of a demographic crisis.
2023-06-12 17:15
British man climbs 72 floors up the outside of South Korea's Lotte Tower in Seoul
A British man made it more than halfway up the exterior of the world's fifth tallest building Monday before he was stopped and handed to police, according to South Korean authorities.
2023-06-12 16:58