The Yemen-based Houthi militant group fired three ballistic missiles at a Malta-flagged, Greece-owned container ship in the Red Sea, the U.S. military and maritime security agencies said Monday. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) identified the ship as the MV Cyclades, saying there were no injuries on board. The United Kingdom Maritime...

Countries trying to negotiate a new global agreement on combating future pandemics began bridging their differences Monday, but theyre racing against time to seal a deal. The 194 nations in the World Health Organization are back at its Geneva headquarters for one last round of negotiations, after a two-year effort...

A senior U.S. official warned Monday that more than 2 million people in El Fasher, in Sudans western Darfur region, are under imminent threat of a large-scale massacre from a paramilitary groups attack and urged the international community to pressure the warring parties to de-escalate. There are already credible reports...

Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with hotel operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings and Hyatt Hotels Corp. Talks will cover about 40,000 workers who look to secure new contracts for the first time...

The 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racings household name: Bob Baffert. The Hall of Fame trainer with a record-tying six victories wont be saddling a contender in Saturdays Run for the Roses for the third consecutive year. Last July, Baffert had another year tacked on to his two-year suspension...

Arsenal survived a late scare at Tottenham to stay narrowly ahead in the race for the Premier League title on Sunday. A 3-2 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ensured Mikel Artetas team remained at the top of the standings, ahead of defending champion Manchester City, which won 2-0 at...

Carlos Alcaraz continues to make a successful return from injury at the Madrid Open. The two-time defending champion cruised past Thiago Seyboth Wild in the third round on Sunday to earn another comfortable win. Alcaraz won 6-3, 6-3 for his second straight victory in his first tournament after skipping Monte...

At age 75, one of Latin Americas most storied journalists had been looking forward to weaving into books the fragmented threads of more than four decades of investigative reporting that exposed high-level abuse of power in Peru and abroad. In an illustrious career, Gustavo Gorriti has endured death threats from...

Ukraines troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat from three villages in the embattled east, the countrys army chief said Sunday, warning of a worsening battlefield situation as Ukrainian forces wait for much-needed arms from a huge U.S. aid package to reach combat zones. Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi...

The office of the chief electoral officer (CEO), Delhi, has denied the claims of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that the election campaign song of the party has been banned. The poll body said that the AAP was only asked to make few changes in the songs which were as per...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in collaboration with the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), seized 86 kg of narcotics valued @ Rs 600 cr and apprehended 14 crew members from the Pakistani vessel in a meticulously planned anti-narcotics operation at sea on April 28, 2024. The ICG ship...

Thousands of fans lined the streets on Sunday as Inter Milan was paraded in an open-air bus from the San Siro stadium to the city cathedral to celebrate the Nerazzurris 20th Italian league title. The celebration followed a 2-0 home win over Torino on Sunday, which came six days after...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said that its Lok Sabha campaign song Jail Ka Jawab vote se has been banned by the Election Commission of India. Addressing a press conference, AAP leader Atishi said: Now, Election Commission, another political weapon of BJP, has banned the campaign song of...

Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan concluded a comprehensive visit to France, which has reaffirmed the continued long-standing strategic partnership between India and France, and further reinforcing the bilateral Defence Cooperation between the two nations. The interactions of CDS with Patrick Pailloux, Director of Civil & Military Cabinet of...

Iranian authorities have banned an Egyptian TV series depicting a medieval Persian figure over historical distortions and a biased approach, state media reported Sunday. The Assassins, or El-Hashashin in Arabic, recounts the story of Hassan-i Sabbah, the controversial founder of an offshoot Shiite Muslim sect known for bloody political assassinations...

A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon blast at the base in...

Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the countrys armed forces. Burkina Fasos communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine Sanou, said late Thursday that both radio stations would...

The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the first victim of a Mexico City serial killer protested Friday at the site where the bones and possessions of a half-dozen women were found last week. Protesters covered the facade of the apartment building with placards after...

It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nations new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians want security, food, jobs and they want them now. The members of the council, tasked with with bringing political...

U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza, a spokesman said Friday. The announcement by U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has determined that an Israeli army battalion committed grave human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza. But he said in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson that he is postponing a decision on blocking aid to the unit...

Jonny Bairstows unbeaten century off 45 balls spearheaded Punjab Kings to the highest successful run chase in Indian Premier League history on Friday. Punjab scaled Kolkata Knight Riders impressive 261-6 with a stunning 262-2 to win by eight wickets with eight balls to spare. Opener Bairstow finished 108 not out...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that pronouncements of the Delhi High Court that that Arvind Kejriwal put personal interest over national interest by not resigning as Chief Minister after his arrest has totally exposed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. Delhi BJP State Unit President Virendra Sachdeva said:...

Addressing an election rally in Araria, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the verdict of the Supremee Court regarding the 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records and the Supreme Courts categorical rejection of going back to the ballot paper system...

Kevin Stger scored twice as Bochum won for the first time in nine Bundesliga games by a nervy 3-2 over a leaky Hoffenheim on Friday. Hoffenheim has not kept a clean sheet for 26 games, a record run for the Bundesliga side. Hoffenheim remained in ninth place after missing a...

The Delhi government has said that 276 students from 12 Dr BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialised Excellence (ASOSE) qualified for the JEE Advanced, out of 395 who appeared for JEE (Mains). Of these, four students secured 99.9 percentile while 25 students scored more than 99 percentile. About 104 students secured...

A U.S. review will decide whether certain Israeli military units violated the human rights of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank before the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, making them ineligible to receive U.S. military assistance. A source familiar with the investigation told VOA on Friday that the...

As student protests against Israels war on Hamas in Gaza continue at more than three dozen American universities, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the demonstrations were a hallmark of American democracy. At the same time, he criticized the students for their silence on Hamas. It is also notable...

About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire, and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the...

British officials formally charged two men Friday with spying on behalf of China in the latest in a series of European arrests of suspected Chinese intelligence agents. The two men, Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, were charged with violations of the Official Secrets Act by providing prejudicial information to a...

A bipartisan group of 14 U.S. senators on Friday sent a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressing concern over his governments decision to reintroduce and advance a Russian-style foreign agents law similar to one they were forced to withdraw a year ago. The senators said they fear the...

A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti was installed Thursday in the capital of this Caribbean country, which is marred by gang violence and soaring hunger and poverty. The freshly sworn-in council will appoint a new prime minister and Cabinet, and create a road map to eventually...

Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. The health worker also asked what they knew...

A ship traveling in the Gulf of Aden came under attack Thursday, officials said, the latest assault carried out by Yemens Houthi rebels over Israels ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack comes after the U.S. military said early Thursday an allied warship shot down a Houthi...

Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on Stranger Things taught him how to tune out the noise. Yet even hes found himself astonished by the sheer volume of speculation around Deadpool & Wolverine. The rumors around this movie are overwhelming, Levy said...

The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.S. military-built pier offshore are underway, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed food to Palestinian civilians is still mired in fears over security and how the humanitarian aid will be delivered. The Israeli-developed port, for example,...

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Snchez left Spain in suspense after announcing he may step down because of what he called an unprecedented smear campaign against his wife. Snchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned the nation Wednesday by announcing that he was canceling all official events until next...

Rajat Patidar smacked 50 runs off 20 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru overturned their poor form to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in the Indian Premier League on Thursday. Patidar hit five sixes in his second straight half-century, and Virat Kohli scored 51 off 43 balls to help Bengaluru...

Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. Prime Minister extended his greetings to Prime Minister Meloni and the people of Italy on the occasion of 79th anniversary of Liberation Day. He thanked Prime Minister Meloni for the invite to the...

Addressing an election rally in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked that while Modi focuses on uplifting the poor, the SP-Congress alliance is indulging in blatant appeasement. Congresss manifesto for the 2024 elections bears 100% imprint of the Muslim League, solely dedicated to strengthening their vote bank PM...

Opening batter Tim Robinson and fast bowler Will ORourke helped inexperienced New Zealand pull off four-run win over Pakistan on Thursday in the fourth Twenty20 for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Robinson (51) hit his maiden T20 half-century in New Zealands par-total of 178-7 after Pakistan aimed to...

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh has written a letter to the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) and Delhi LG regarding the constant surveillance of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by CCTV cameras in Tihar jail. Sanjay Singh said that an elected CM of Delhi is being tortured in Tihar Jail....

The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared skeptical of former President Donald Trumps claim that he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts he took while in office, but several justices expressed doubts about the details of charges brought against him in a pending federal trial. Trump faces criminal...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded under former President Donald Trump. The commission voted along party lines to finalize a proposal first advanced in October to reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015...

A senior World Food Program official warned Thursday that northern Gaza is still at risk of famine, despite some improvement in the volume of aid getting into the besieged territory. We are still heading toward famine. We havent seen the paradigm shift that is needed to avert a famine, Carl...

What began last week at Columbia University, where students refused to end their protests against Israels war in Gaza despite pushback from the New York school and arrests by police, has spread across the country. Students at various college campuses are staging similar demonstrations that are also being met with...

As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuors orphaned son, fell to the ground, wailing. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The...

A Russian deputy defense minister in charge of military construction projects and accused of living a lavish lifestyle was ordered jailed Wednesday pending an investigation and trial on charges of bribery, court officials said in a statement. Timur Ivanov, one of 12 deputy defense ministers, appeared in Moscows Basmany court...

Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the countrys northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and...

Under the gaze of the worlds media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro (around $5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents. Visitors arriving...