The UN yesterday hailed a significant increase in women listed as inventors in global patent filings over the past decade, but warned a pronounced gender gap remained.

The EU and UN yesterday began a two-day push to drum up fresh aid pledges for war-torn Syria and reinvigorate the faltering Geneva

Convicted criminal Radovan Karadzic yesterday accused Bosnian Muslims of "declaring war" on Serbs, insisting at his appeal before a

Vehicle attacks have been carried out to deadly effect by extremists in a number of capitals and major cities, including London, Paris, New York and Nice. In seven of such major attacks, at least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the Europe and US.

A deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland overnight was awarded police honours

A top UN official yesterday denounced growing rhetoric claiming that nuclear arms are necessary and warned that the risk of such

A Belgian court yesterday sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison on terror

Once-feared Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic yesterday urged UN judges to overturn his conviction for war crimes during the

Queen Elizabeth II marked her 92nd birthday yesterday with traditional gun salutes and a Commonwealth-themed charity concert

US President Donald Trump will visit Britain midway through 2018, possibly in July, British newspapers reported yesterday, citing

A deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland overnight was awarded police honours

Britain's broadcasting watchdog on Wednesday opened seven impartiality probes concerning Russia's RT news channel, noting "a

Pressure from Pakistan's judiciary won't influence the outcome of upcoming general elections this year, Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Wednesday, adding he hoped the election would be free and fair.

President Emmanuel Macron yesterday faced mass protests as trade unionists seek to galvanise angry students, public sector workers and striking train drivers into a joint movement against his multi-pronged drive to overhaul the French economy.

Queen Elizabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth summit for what may be the last time yesterday voicing hope that her son would be allowed to carry on her role.

Facebook announced yesterday it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday called snap elections in Turkey for June 24, bringing the polls forward by over a year-and-a-

EU foreign ministers on Monday discussed how they could persuade the US not to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, but stopped short of

Canada announced Monday it was sending home the families of its diplomats in Cuba, after a year-long investigation into a

The US and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking