International

AFP/APP Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. In the handful of critical states…

AFP/APP Lokoja, Nigeria: For the past 12 years, 67-year-old Idris Egbunu has faced the annual ordeal of floodwaters inundating his home in Lokoja, central Nigeria. Each rainy season, the Niger River overflows, leaving his home…

AFP/APP Washington: "Welcome to the Original Washington," road signs proclaim as drivers enter the ancestral hometown of George Washington's family, near Sunderland in northeast England. Although the Founding Father never set foot…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition fell short of his declared "victory line" of a majority in snap parliamentary elections, media projections showed Monday. AFP examines the options now for the…

APP United Nations: The UN’s top humanitarian official grimly warned Saturday that the entire population of northern Gaza is at risk of dying, calling for an immediate stop to “blatant disregard for basic humanity” by Israeli forces.…

AFP/APP Paris: French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe on Saturday as they battled to restore power they accused striking energy workers of sabotaging. Guadeloupe and the…

AFP/APP Vidauban, France: Floodwaters lapped the shopfronts in the glitzy French resort of Saint Tropez on Saturday as torrential rains closed roads and train lines across the south of the country. Firefighters were called out at…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Japan votes in its tightest election in years on Sunday, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion polls suggest the…

AFP/APP Tehran: Iranian state TV said Saturday "strong explosions" were heard around the capital Tehran, without specifying the cause of the blasts. "Minutes ago, the sound of strong explosions were heard from around Tehran, the…

AFP/APP New York: Donald Trump will hold a headline-grabbing rally at New York's Madison Square Garden stadium Sunday, an iconic sports and music venue that has a history of hosting political conventions but was also tainted by an…