'No' votes ahead in early count in Australian referendum on whether to create an Indigenous Voice
Polling has closed in all but one Australian state with the “no” vote dominating early counting in a referendum on whether to tackle Indigenous disadvantages by enshrining in the constitution a new advocacy committee
2023-10-14 16:50
France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly school stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical
France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack
2023-10-14 16:26
Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their land as war escalates
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maya Gebeily AMMAN/BEIRUT Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians
2023-10-14 15:56
Early results in New Zealand election indicate Christopher Luxon poised to become prime minister
Voting has closed in New Zealand and ballot counting was underway in a general election, with opinion polls indicating people were favoring a conservative change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda who unexpectedly stepped down as prime minister in January
2023-10-14 15:46
Centre-right National Party holds strong lead in New Zealand election
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON The centre-right National Party led by Christopher Luxon held a strong lead in New
2023-10-14 15:20
Officers involved in tasing man who caught fire and later died won't be criminally charged, New York attorney general's office says
The New York attorney general's office says criminal charges won't be brought against officers after a man covered in hand sanitizer was tased and caught on fire -- an incident that left him dead weeks later.
2023-10-14 14:55
Tens of thousands flee south in bombarded Gaza as Israeli troops gather near border
Tens of thousands of people in Gaza have fled their homes after Israel's military issued a stark evacuation order Friday, according to the United Nation's humanitarian body, prompting international alarm as Israeli troops gather by the border and as conditions worsen inside the bombarded strip.
2023-10-14 14:28
'An incredible find': Florida road crews discover 19th-century boat buried in St. Augustine
Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States.
2023-10-14 13:25
Evolving crisis fuels anxiety among Venezuelans who want a better economy but see worsening woes
Venezuelans have come to feel the decade-long crisis that undid their country as one numbingly featureless expanse of struggles
2023-10-14 13:19
Emotions run high as Poland prepares to hold a high-stakes national election
Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism
2023-10-14 12:58
Who is El Deif, alleged mastermind of the Hamas' attack?
It is with a weird retrospective guilt that I have to admit: Hamas once saved me from a kidnapping in Gaza.
2023-10-14 12:57
In Israel's call for mass evacuation, Palestinians hear echoes of their original catastrophic exodus
In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza many Palestinians fear a repeat of their mass exodus from what is now Israel
2023-10-14 12:56