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Gisle Pelicot's ex-husband won't appeal against his sentence for mass rapes

The court found Dominique Pelicot guilty of rape and all other charges against him and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which was the maximum possible

S Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people

Many observers also worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the aftermath of Sunday's crash as it grapples with a leadership vacuum

Flights temporarily suspended at Canada airport after airplane incident

Nikki Valentine, who was on the PAL Airlines flight, said passengers felt a massive rumble upon landing Saturday night

World Chess Blitz Championship: Carlsen returns after dispute over jeans

Carlsen, meanwhile, said in a video posted Sunday on social media that he would play and wear jeans in the World Blitz Championship when it begins Monday.

11 killed in Israeli airstrike near Syria's Damascus, says war monitor

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot that belonged to Assad's forces near the industrial town of Adra

Plane catches fire after skidding off runway in South Korea; 179 dead

About 1,560 firefighters, police officers, soldiers and other officials were also sent to the site

Kavelashvili sworn in as Georgia's president, complicating EU path

Georgia's outgoing president and main pro-Western parties have boycotted the post-election parliamentary sessions and demanded a rerun of the ballot

North Korea's Kim targets US in new 'hardline strategy' announcement

Many experts however say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump summitry is unlikely as Trump would first focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East

Netanyahu undergoes prostate removal amid crises on multiple fronts

Complications from prostate enlargement are common in men in their 70s and 80s, Dr. Shay Golan, head of the oncology urology service at Israel's Rabin Medical Center, told Israeli Army Radio

2024: A year of triumphs, setbacks for Putin, here's how it unfolded

Putin ran for a fifth term in office with his top opponents either jailed or exiled abroad. But in a rare show of defiance, thousands of Russians queued in the January cold to sign petitions

Charles Dolan, founder of US media firms HBO, Cablevision dies at 98

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved father and patriarch, Charles Dolan, the visionary founder of HBO and Cablevision, a statement said

15 hurt in Florida after train hits fire truck that drove onto tracks

Video of the collision shows the fire truck driving around cars stopped at the crossing with its lights flashing to cross the double tracks

Syria's embassy suspends services as Lebanon hands over its army officers

The embassy announced on its Facebook page that consular work was suspended until further notice at the order of the Syrian foreign ministry

Trump sides with Musk in debate over foreign workers roiling supporters

Trump, in an interview with the New York Post on Saturday, praised the use of visas to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. The topic has become a flashpoint within his conservative base

Israel detains director of one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals

Israel's military on Saturday confirmed it detained the hospital director and called him a suspected Hamas operative while providing no evidence

Putin apologises to Azerbaijani counterpart for tragic plane crash incident

The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed

Days after Pak airstrike, Afghan Taliban targets several points in Pakistan

The statement, which was released by Taliban did not directly specify that Pakistan was hit, but said the attacks were conducted "beyond the "hypothetical line"

Another lottery jackpot surpasses $1 bn. Is this a new normal in US?

In October, Mega Millions said it hoped increased ticket revenue and less stratospheric odds would lead to more people winning, even as prizes grow extraordinarily high

Ukrainian troops face risk of losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia

Army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that Ukraine launched the operation because officials thought Russia was about to launch a new attack on northeast Ukraine

9th telecom firm hit by massive Chinese espionage campaign: White House

Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as dozens of nations, had been affected by the Chinese hacking blitz known as Salt Typhoon