A German humanitarian worker held hostage in the Sahel for more than four-and-a-half years has been freed, his organisation said yesterday.

Canada yesterday announced sanctions against 67 individuals and nine entities in several countries, including members of Iran’s judiciary and prison system for alleged “gross and systematic human rights violations.”

The number of billionaires in the world dipped in 2022 due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, monetary policy tightening, stock market falls and the Chinese economic

Finland and Sweden joined the United States on Thursday in asking Turkey for its greenlight soon to join NATO, saying they have been fulfilling promises sought by Ankara on militants.

Scientists in Greenland announced Wednesday they had found DNA dating back two million years -- the oldest ever extracted -- in sediment from the Ice Age, opening a new chapter in paleogenetics.

A prince, an ex-MP and former soldiers were arrested today in raids led by the German police against members of a far-right "terror group" that allegedly planned to attack parliament and overthrow the government.

High-stakes UN biodiversity talks open in Montreal yesterday, in what is being billed as the “last best chance” to save the planet’s species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction.

TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court yesterday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces.

The climate policies of most wealthy countries and many high-emitting emerging economies are in line with global heating far beyond the safer 1.5 degree Celsius limit reaffirmed at UN climate talks last month, a new analysis found yesterday.

Campaigners backing Iran’s protest movement yesterday dismissed a claim that the Islamic republic is disbanding its notorious morality police, insisting there was no change to its restrictive dress rules for women.

UK workers will be able to request flexible employment from the first day of a job under government plans announced yesterday.

Britain’s 17th-century St Edward’s Crown, the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels, has been removed from display to be altered for the coronation of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.

The West should consider how to address Russia’s need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks broadcast on Saturday.

The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell marginally in November, marking an eighth straight monthly fall since a record high in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Spanish police were investigating yesterday a series of letter bombs sent to targets including the PM and the US embassy, similar to the one which went off at the Ukrainian embassy.

Natural and man-made catastrophes have caused $268 billion of economic losses so far in 2022, chiefly driven by Hurricane Ian and other extreme weather disasters, reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Thursday. Of the estimated $268 billion total

The UN appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts, climate emergencies and the still-simmering pandemic push more people into crisis, and some towards famine.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe is too reliant on the United States for its own security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said yesterday.

Half the world’s democratic countries are experiencing an erosion of democracy, intensified by war in Ukraine and economic crisis, an international think tank said in a report yesterday.

Russian and Chinese air forces took part in joint military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian defence ministry said yesterday.