In a very one-sided conversation on X, Trump vented about a "zombie apocalypse" of immigration, repeatedly blasted President Joe Biden as "stupid", and mused on developing a new missile defense system based on the one that defends Israel.
AFP news Aug 13, 2024
Fuelled by strong winds, Greece's worst wildfire this year raced across a parched landscape, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as it wreaked widespread destruction around the Greek capital.
AFP news Aug 13, 2024
US credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Israel a notch on Monday, warning that its ongoing conflict against Hamas in Gaza could last "well into 2025" and weigh on economic activity.
AFP news Aug 13, 2024
Sudan has experienced an intense rainy season since last month, with intermittent torrential flooding mainly in the country's north and east.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Ukraine last week sent troops into Russia's border region of Kursk, in the largest cross-border operation by Kyiv since Moscow launched its offensive more than two years ago.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
The statement from the Palestinian group, whose October 7 attack on Israel triggered the war, came a day after one of the deadliest reported Israeli strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip in more than 10 months of war.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Boarding Voepass Flight 2283 with her four-year-old son and her mother, Josgleidys Gonzalez had embarked on a long trip that was to take them to her native Venezuela and then onward to Colombia.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who replaced Machado on the ballot after she was banned from running, said separately: "We won, Venezuela won... see you on the 17th."
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Greece ordered the evacuation of hospitals and homes near Athens Monday as wildfires spread despite "superhuman" efforts to combat the flames, the fire brigade said.
AFP news Aug 12, 2024
Israel has agreed to resume Gaza ceasefire talks on August 15 at the demand of US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday, as regional tensions skyrocket over the war.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Donald Trump proposed three September debates against Kamala Harris Thursday as he sought to wrest back some of the attention lavished on his rival since her blockbuster entry into the US presidential election.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
The Fed has "sort of gotten it wrong a lot," Trump told reporters Thursday during a press conference in Palm Beach, Florida.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
The comment came a day after the US vice president was heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters at a rally for the first time since she became the Democratic candidate less than three weeks ago.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
The weather agency said a huge earthquake was more likely in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 jolt in the south on Thursday, which left 14 people injured.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
India is suspicious of China's growing presence in the Indian Ocean, including in Sri Lanka as well as the Maldives, which signed a military assistance pact with Beijing in March.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
The Ukrainian offensive into Russia's western Kursk region, launched Tuesday, appears to be the most significant attack on Russian soil since Moscow invaded in February 2022.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Rahm Emanuel instead attended a prayer meeting at a Tokyo temple with Israeli ambassador Gilad Cohen and Britain's Julia Longbottom, who also boycotted the Nagasaki event.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
A day after returning home from Europe and vowing to "uphold, support and protect the constitution" as he was sworn into office, 84-year-old Yunus began the tough challenge of returning the country to democracy.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
Ressa and Rappler have been fighting multiple court cases filed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's administration.
AFP news Aug 09, 2024
It follows a week of near nightly riots -- during which mosques and migrant-related facilities have been attacked -- nationwide and in Northern Ireland.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
A local state of emergency was introduced in Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday evening, 36 hours after Ukrainian soldiers, tanks and armored vehicles stormed into the western border region.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Judge Dennis Saylor dismissed the suit based on a lack of jurisdiction, ruling that the connections of the gun manufacturers to the state of Massachusetts, where the suit was brought, were not substantial.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Hachani took office on August 1 last year, replacing Najla Bouden, who was also dismissed without an official reason by Saied. His replacement Madouri had only taken on the social affairs portfolio in May.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Yunus, 84, could be sworn in as the country's new leader as soon as Thursday evening to begin what the army chief has vowed will be a "beautiful democratic process".
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Walz, the governor of Minnesota, appeared stunned by the sea of supporters in Michigan, a critical election battleground. Campaign staff put it at 15,000 people, and Walz proclaimed it "the largest rally of the campaign."
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Hundreds of Hindus in Bangladesh were gathered along the Indian border hoping to cross, security officials said Thursday, days after a student-led uprising toppled prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
AFP news Aug 08, 2024
Israel has repeatedly questioned the credibility of the daily figures put out by the ministry and US President Joe Biden did so too in the early stages of the war.
AFP news Aug 07, 2024
Hours after being announced on the Democratic ticket, the Minnesota governor took the stage with Vice President Harris in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, and signaled his intent to press the case aggressively against Trump.
AFP news Aug 07, 2024
"Say no to WhatsApp!" "WhatsApp is being used to threaten Venezuela and so I'm going to delete my WhatsApp from my phone forever."
AFP news Aug 07, 2024
