Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was guest of honour during France's Bastille Day celebrations today, which are taking place under tight security two weeks after riots swept the country

From subtly shifting the position of Ramses II’s sceptre, to touch-ups on a necklace or headdress, ancient Egyptian artists were more creative than previously thought, according to a study published on Wednesday.

The combination of “warp speed” advances in neurotechnology, such as brain implants or scans that can increasingly peek inside minds, and artificial intelligence poses a threat to mental privacy, Unesco warned yesterday. The UN’s agency for science and

The UN human rights office said yesterday at least 87 people including ethnic Masalits were buried in what it described as a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur, saying it had credible information that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible.

French prosecutors today said they had opened an investigation after the discovery of a severed fingertip in a letter addressed to the presidential palace

From October, France will pay a bonus to encourage people to have their clothes and shoes repaired rather than throwing them away, the government said.

World hunger stopped rising in 2022 after growing for seven years but remains above pre-pandemic levels and far off track to be eradicated by 2030, UN agencies said yesterday.

Sudan’s warring sides must face “accountability” for the “crimes” committed in their conflict, which risks spiralling into a regional crisis, the head of UN mission in the country said yesterday.

More than 61,000 people died due to the heat during Europe’s record-breaking summer last year, a study said yesterday which called for more to be done to protect against even deadlier heatwaves expected in the coming years.

At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday

The “Ivory Man”, whose remains were found in an opulent tomb in Spain in 2008, is believed to have been the most powerful and influential person of his ancient society nearly 5,000 years ago.

A regional correspondent for leading Mexican newspaper La Jornada was found slain on Saturday, shortly after he went missing in the western state of Nayarit, prosecutors said.

The International Maritime Organization, overseer of the highly-polluting shipping industry, sealed a landmark deal yesterday to improve its target to cut carbon emissions but green campaigners said it fell far short.

Six people have died and at least 68 have been injured following an overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan, Italian emergency services said today

This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday up to 40 aid workers have been killed in Myanmar since the military coup that ousted democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.

Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine have taken Iran to the International Court of Justice to seek damages for families of passengers on a jetliner downed by Tehran in 2020, the tribunal said yesterday.

Clashes between French police and rioters de-escalated again overnight, the government said yesterday, eight days after the killing of a teenager by police sparked the worst urban violence in years.

Global average temperature leaped to a record high for the second day in a row yesterday, according to preliminary readings by US meteorologists.