From Death Valley to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent to sub-Saharan Africa, global warming has already made daily life unbearable for millions of people.And...

Haiti's streets were unusually quiet on Tuesday and filling stations remained dry as gangs blocked the entrance to ports that hold fuel stores and the...

The Afghan branch of ISIS could be ready to strike the US in six months, a senior defence official told the Senate on Monday.“The intelligence...

The United States and Indonesia on Tuesday (Oct 26) called for the launch of a forum to prepare for future pandemics, urging members of the...

Australia will lift a ban on citizens traveling overseas without permission, the government announced Wednesday, with the country's border set to open to skilled workers...

US President Joe Biden on Monday (Oct 25) signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travellers and lifting severe travel...

Coal-rich Australia on Tuesday unveiled a much-delayed 2050 net zero emissions target, but shied away from setting more ambitious goals ahead of a landmark U.N....

British Chancellor Rishi Sunak is due to announce that the year-long public sector pay freeze is to end, paving the way for millions of workers...

After two days on the brink of a major diplomatic crisis, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday rescinded his threat to expel 10 western...

Talks between Britain and the European Union to resolve problems with the Brexit agreement regarding Northern Ireland will move to London this week with the...

Deadline driven, President Joe Biden brought two pivotal senators to his Delaware home Sunday for talks aimed at resolving the disputes that have stymied the...

Colombia is working to extradite its most-wanted drug trafficker Otoniel to the US.The drug lord, whose real name is Dairo Antonio Usuga, was arrested on...

The Sudanese military on Monday arrested Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and several members of his civilian-led government in what two prominent political groups described as...

The International Atomic Energy Agency has given a warning that the UN monitoring programme in Iran is no longer fully “intact”, after Tehran refused requests...

Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” has been captured in a victory for the government of the world's top cocaine exporter.Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the...

Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be...

New Zealand reported 104 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (Oct 23), including the first community case of the virus in the country's South Island in...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear legal challenges on Nov 1 to a restrictive abortion law passed in Texas, but declined to...

Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world's longest string of COVID-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed...

Questions mounted Friday about the health of 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II after she had tests and spent a night in hospital, despite royal officials saying...

Australia delivered a withering denunciation of China's trade policies Thursday, accusing Beijing of undermining the World Trade Organization and foot-dragging on promised economic reforms.During a...

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths,...

Former US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is launching a new social platform called "Truth Social" under the Trump Media and Technology Group.The...

US support to Sudan could be at risk if the country's fragile transition to civilian rule is impeded, US special envoy for the Horn of...

A US judge has set a November 1 arraignment date for Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government, in...

Russia has suspended its mission to Nato and closed the alliance's offices in Moscow.Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced the moves on Monday after the military...

Colin Powell, the boundary-breaking military leader and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to...

New Zealand reported its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic Tuesday as an outbreak in its largest city grew and officials urged vaccinations as...

A suspected high-ranking Al Qaeda figure held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay could provide limited evidence about his torture at the hands...

Germany’s Greens have voted to enter coalition talks to form a new government with Social Democrat Olaf Scholz.The Greens say they can work with Mr...

Three white men in the U.S. state of Georgia will go on trial Monday in the high-profile shooting death of a Black jogger that sparked...

New Zealand pledged Monday to quadruple foreign aid spending on climate change, addressing its "woefully inadequate" response to the challenge in recent decades.As representatives from...

UK police on Saturday named Ali Harbi Ali as the man arrested on suspicion of killing British politician Sir David Amess.Detectives have until Friday, October...

As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their family members have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.The missionaries were abducted...

Wearing his signature red beret, Curtis Sliwa is on television, stroking one of his 16 rescue cats in a campaign ad. He’s in the subway...

Framed by the Capitol, President Joe Biden paid tribute Saturday to fallen law enforcement officers and honored those who fought off the Jan 6 insurrection...

British counter terrorism police assumed control of the investigation into the fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in his constituency on Friday.Early investigations...

British financial investigators have examined a series of suspected breaches of the UK’s sanctions programme that targets Iran’s nuclear programme.Britain’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation...

Crucial U.N. climate talks next month are likely to fall short of the global target for cutting coal, gas and oil emissions, U.S. climate envoy...

New Zealand health care workers administered a record number of vaccine jabs Saturday as the nation held a festival aimed at getting more people inoculated...

One of New Zealand’s best-known businessmen Ron Brierley was sentenced in a Sydney court on Thursday to 14 months in prison for possessing thousands of...

A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said.The...

A US federal government bid to reinstate Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence was to be heard by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday.Tsarnaev...

A teenager stabbed to death on a playing field in London was an Afghan-born migrant who has been in the country for two years, his...

The US will reopen its land borders to non-essential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as the country moves...

U.S. lawmakers rubber-stamped a short-term bill to lift the nation's borrowing authority Tuesday, averting the threat of a first-ever debt default -- but only for...

Shop workers, tourist guides and barbers are among dozens of groups who must get COVID-19 shots to work in Australia's Northern Territory, officials announced Wednesday,...

World leaders must step up and deliver an "extraordinary Cop in extraordinary times" that puts the planet “on track to deliver on climate”, the conference’s...

With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending.The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another violent phase. Except this time...

The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, missing a chance to contain the disease...

President Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is determined to eliminate threats in northern Syria, adding the attack by Kurdish YPG militants that killed two Turkish police...

Elated Sydneysiders defied gray skies and rain to celebrate the lifting of almost four months of lockdown on Monday, hoping to put behind them a...

More than 100,000 Poles demonstrated on Sunday in support of EU membership after a court ruling that parts of EU law are incompatible with the...

The House's second-ranking Republican, Rep Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, standing by Donald Trump’s lie that...

Most of New Zealand's health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the government announced Monday.A new...

A French anti-terrorism judge has charged four men with suspected links to a far-right conspiracy theorist over a plot to attack targets including Covid-19 vaccination...

A new river of lava poured out on Saturday from the La Palma volcano, spreading more destruction.The partial collapse of the volcanic cone overnight gave...

A top British government official is backing a phone company's proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched...

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he...

A US appeals court has quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions just a day after clinics began treating patients for the first time...

A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo five months after the end of the most recent outbreak there.A three-year-old...

The United States and Mexico on Friday vowed to overhaul their joint fight against drug cartels, during a visit by a high-level delegation including U.S....

President Joe Biden will not block a tranche of documents sought by a House committee’s investigation into the Jan 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,...

Beaches normally thronged with the bronzed torsos of surfers are deserted as California races to clean up a huge oil spill.Up to 131,000 gallons of...

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson shrugged off Britain's problems of empty gas pumps, worker shortages and gaps on store shelves as he told fellow Conservatives on...

When Silvia Dancose’s daughter called in distress from Canada in August, Dancose flew over right away to comfort her. But now, after weeks of trying,...

Mali has summoned France’s ambassador to Bamako over comments by French President Emmanuel Macron it said were “unfriendly”.It is the latest clash between France and...

The White House on Tuesday pledged that US President Joe Biden is ready to “turn to other options” on Iran’s nuclear programme if stagnant negotiations...

The U.S. State Department published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years, after former President...

The European Union unveiled Tuesday a new strategy to combat growing antisemitism in Europe with plans to better tackle hate speech, raise awareness about Jewish...

How can passengers take 10 billion flights a year without contributing to global warming? The question of "greening" the international aviation sector by 2050 constitutes...

Afghan refugees will soon be arriving in the US after a campaign to vaccinate them against measles following a small outbreak that caused a three-week...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says world leaders at this month's G20 summit in Rome must unite to send a clear message to the Taliban on...

International tourists won’t be welcomed back to Australia until next year, with the return of skilled migrants and students given higher priority, the prime minister...

A London police officer has been charged with rape, the force announced on Sunday, just days after another officer was convicted of the rape and...

Army tanker drivers are taking to the roads to deliver supplies to petrol stations hit by the fuel crisis.About 200 military personnel, half of them...

More than a dozen heads of state and government, from Jordan to Azerbaijan, Kenya and the Czech Republic, have used offshore tax havens to hide...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand's widely praised "COVID zero" strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said...

Nations have "a lot of work to do" in the weeks left before the COP26 climate summit, host Britain said Saturday as calls for greater...

The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that is beginning a new term Monday that also includes major...

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets around the country Saturday, once again calling for the removal of President Jair Bolsonaro over his...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this month with the UK's 'red list' slashed to nine...

The UK's Duke of Cambridge has issued a warning about the “environmental crisis” engulfing the planet and the threat to its ecosystems, in a new...

Typhoon winds and rain dampened what might have been a more celebratory mood in Tokyo on Friday (Oct 1), as restaurants were allowed to sell...

On UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s last flying visit to Scotland’s largest fish market, he successfully bid £185 at auction for an expensive box of...

In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19...

Australia will begin to reopen its borders next month, the country's prime minister said Friday, 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without...

Asian markets tumbled Friday on the tail of Wall Street’s worst monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic.Tokyo skidded 2.3% and Australia’s benchmark sank...

Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another with the Senate poised to approve legislation that would fund the federal government into...

In its heyday, the glamorous seaside town of Varosha in the city of Famagusta was considered the crown jewel of Cyprus.Once a peak tourist hub,...

The United States has no plans to “normalise or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and does not encourage...

New Zealand politicians on Thursday passed a law that makes plotting a terrorist attack a crime, fixing a legal loophole that was exposed earlier this...

Florida filed suit against President Joe Biden's administration Tuesday claiming his immigration policy is illegal, and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order barring state...

The top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure” and acknowledged to Congress on Tuesday that he had favored keeping...

The use of digital currencies and distributed ledger technology could speed up cross-border transactions and reduce money transfer costs, according to a prototype developed as...

Lava from a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to...

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths has urged Ethiopia to allow lorries into northern state Tigray, where a de facto blockade of nearly three months has...

Hospitals and nursing homes around the country are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against...

The party that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc pushed Monday for a quick agreement on a coalition government, but Europe’s biggest economy...

The number of murders in the United States rose by around 30 percent in 2020 over the previous year, to some 21,500, the Federal Bureau...

Desperate motorists queued up at fuel pumps across Britain on Monday, draining tanks, fraying tempers and prompting calls for the government to use emergency powers...

The deputy leader of Britain’s main opposition party refused Sunday to apologize for calling the governing Conservatives “scum.”Labour Party lawmaker Angela Rayner called members of...

With President Joe Biden’s broad domestic agenda at risk of collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday vowed that Democrats will pass a bipartisan infrastructure...

Gunmen in Nigeria on Sunday freed 10 pupils abducted in the north-west state of Kaduna after collecting a ransom, a school official said.The pupils were...

Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in a national election on Sunday, narrowly beating departing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Union bloc.The...

Speaking from the Liberty County Senior Centre, where passengers were being taken, Ms Vandervest said it felt like “extreme turbulence on a plane.”Amtrak was working...

The United States, China, Russia and Pakistan are working together to ensure that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a genuinely...

Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill strengthening social safety net and climate programs toward House Budget Committee approval Saturday, while party leaders hunted behind...

Germany votes Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats in a...

Thousands of people were under evacuation orders on Friday and many others were on notice to be ready to flee as a destructive bushfire raged...

The US condemned on Friday comments by a Taliban official who said the group would restore the use of amputations and executions as punishment in...

The United States on Friday praised Taiwan's record as a candidate to join a trans-Pacific trade deal and criticized Beijing for stepping up jet incursions...

India and Pakistan clashed Friday at the United Nations as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the rival of a "reign of terror" on Muslims,...

U.S. President Joe Biden addressed a COVID-19 summit of world leaders Wednesday with a promise to donate a "historic" extra 500 million vaccines to countries...

Australia's leader said he is being given the cold shoulder by French President Emmanuel Macron after the controversial scrapping of a submarine deal, but vowed...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is warning that time is running out to act on the climate emergency, which will have devastating effects on the city.Mr...

In 59 countries, leftover weapons of war continue to maim and kill civilians decades after a conflict has passed.An international team at Abu Dhabi’s Technology...

U.S. President Joe Biden summoned the world’s nations to forcefully address the festering global issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses...

The Taliban's new foreign minister has asked to address world leaders at this week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, a U.N. spokesman...

Interpreters in Afghanistan will be “moving house again tonight” following a data breach relating to those looking to come to the UK, a Conservative former...

Construction sites across Melbourne were abruptly shuttered Tuesday after laborers rioted against new vaccination requirements in Australia's second-largest city.Sites will be closed for two weeks,...

More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants have been removed from an encampment at a Texas border town, U.S. officials said Monday as they defended...

Canadians gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, projections by the Canadian Press and the national networks showed.The Liberals...

A large fire that broke out on Sunday evening at the Vathy migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos has been brought under control,...

France on Saturday accused Australia and the United States of lying over a ruptured Australian contract to buy French submarines, saying a grave crisis was...

French and Australian officials said Monday that France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract will not derail negotiations on an Australia-European Union free trade deal.France...

In a city still on edge after the Jan 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol on Saturday over concerns...

The U.S. plans to speed up its efforts to expel Haitian migrants on flights to their Caribbean homeland, officials said Saturday as agents poured into...

A French minister has accused Britain of being America’s junior ally as it struggles to find its place in the world.Europe Minister Clement Beaune said...

Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge in a small Texas border town as chaos unfolded Friday and presented the Biden...

The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that...

America's oldest ally, France, recalled its ambassador to the United States on Friday in an unprecedented show of anger that dwarfed decades of previous rifts.The...

U.S. President Joe Biden tried on Friday to hammer out the world's next steps against rapidly worsening climate change with a small group of other...

French President Emmanuel Macron late on Wednesday announced the death of the leader of ISIS's Sahara affiliate.Mr Macron called Adnan Abu Walid Al Sahrawi’s killing...

London's police force on Wednesday said it would not launch a criminal investigation into a former BBC reporter's deception to secure a 1995 interview with...

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is forming a new Indo-Pacific security alliance with Britain and Australia that will allow for...

New Zealand will not lift a decades-long ban on nuclear-powered vessels entering its waters in the wake of key ally Australia's decision to develop a...

A company developing zero-emission submarines that could carry cargo between Glasgow and Belfast has been awarded a share of £23 million ($31.7m) in government green...

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday described incidents in Iran involving its inspectors as being “unacceptable”, with diplomats saying security staff subjected women to...

Australia's Victoria state reported a second consecutive daily fall in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Sep 15) as its first-dose vaccination rate neared the 70...

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday became the second governor in U.S. history to defeat a Republican-sanctioned recall aimed at kicking him out of office...

Australian authorities on Tuesday extended a coronavirus lockdown of the nation's capital Canberra to mid-October, saying the measure was necessary while vaccinations are ramped up.About...

It is in the EU’s strategic interests to integrate the Balkan states into the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.Mrs Merkel urged Serbia...

US first lady Dr Jill Biden and Britain's Prince Harry joined on Monday to host an online event for athletes involved in the Warrior Games,...

US Capitol Police arrested a California man who had a bayonet and machete in his pickup truck outside of Democratic National Committee headquarters on Monday...

Britain's National Health Service is to begin a trial on thousands of people, using a simple blood test to detect more than 50 types of...

Will Canada's Liberal leader Justin Trudeau win a third term as prime minister or will Conservative leader Erin O'Toole ruin his plans?With a week to...