British Prime Minister Boris Johnson loses yet another vote in parliament over a government request for a three-day recess to allow his Conservative party to hold its annual conference.

Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died, his family told AFP on Thursday. He was 86.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, after the Supreme Court struck down his decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit.

Yesterday’s ruling by the UK Supreme Court, which found Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament unlawful, is a humiliating blow for the prime minister and has momentous implications for Britain’s constitutional order. Here is a rundown of the main questions it raises:

Greta Thunberg’s emotional and strong pleas to world leaders at a UN climate summit apparently made little impact as announcements by major economies fell far short of expectations.

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit - and that therefore the suspension was void.

An Italian man shot dead his father Sunday during a hunting expedition in southern Italy after mistaking him for a wild boar, according to media reports. Martino Gaudioso, 55, was shot in the stomach by his 34-year-old son as they stalked their prey separately through thick

The world’s poorest people, increasingly buffeted by storms, floods and droughts, have been getting less than 1 cent a day each in international help to protect them from wild weather and rising seas as the Earth heats up, aid group Oxfam said yesterday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned yesterday that there would be no Brexit breakthrough at talks with European leaders in New York as gaps remained, but said significant progress had been made on striking a deal.

There is still time for London and Brussels to make a Brexit deal, outgoing European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said

Bolivian volunteer firefighters, exhausted from battling blazes sweeping rapidly across the country’s lowlands, are starting to lose

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold talks with European leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New

French police fired tear gas and made dozens of arrests yesterday as they dispersed groups of “yellow vest” protesters attempting to

The European Union’s two top officials handling troublesome Brexit talks yesterday warned the risk of a no-deal exit looms large unless Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government swiftly offers concrete proposals.

Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday called for action, not praise, from US lawmakers as she joined other youth leaders in kicking off two days of meetings and speeches on Washington’s Capitol Hill.

Europe and North America have absorbed the largest share of the world’s 272 million migrants, a population that has grown by 23 percent over the past decade, according to a UN report published Tuesday.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International’s

A Bangladeshi man who found a wallet containing €2,000 ($2200) in cash on the street in Rome reportedly refuses a reward after returning it to its owner.

Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in

A cyclist died in Australia on Sunday after being startled by a swooping magpie, a native Australian bird that gets aggressive in the spring