Orange County Sheriff John Mina said that a 19-year-old man, Keith Melvin Moses, had been taken into custody and was believed responsible for the shootings

"These new statistics reveal the urgent need to ensure every woman and girl has access to critical health services... and that they can fully exercise their reproductive rights"

China pledged to deepen cooperation with Russia yesterday as US President Joe Biden met leaders of Nato’s eastern flank - highlighting geopolitical tensions ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Israeli troops killed ten Palestinians, including at least three gunmen and three civilians, and wounded over 100 others during a raid on a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank yesterday, witnesses and medical officials said.

Seattle has become the first city in the United States to ban discrimination based on caste, following a city council vote on Tuesday.

Iran imposed sanctions Tuesday on 36 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures against Tehran over its response to months-long protests.

Turkey has launched a temporary wage support scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities yesterday to protect workers

The belt-tightening comes as Islamabad - which is facing a balance of payment crisis - thrashes out a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure funds worth $1 billion

The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects "in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank, and that its troops came under live fire but suffered no casualties

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Today's ruling is likely to be appealed, though this was not immediately confirmed

Putin will receive Wang Yi, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing to visit Moscow for a summit with Putin in the coming months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday

Ottawa is in the grips of its third-warmest winter ever recorded, according to Environment Canada

Massive rainfalls over the weekend have caused landslides and flooding in coastal towns in the southeast of the country. Almost 2,500 people are still displaced or homeless, the Sao Paulo state government said in a statement, adding that rescue work is ongoing

US President Joe Biden yesterday said Ukraine would “never be a victory for Russia”, hours after President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington accusing the West of trying to destroy Russia.

A small IT company in Indore has come up with an unusual way to ensure its employees maintain a healthy work-life balance -- by creating software to remind them when their shift is up and it is time to head home.

Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities said yesterday, two weeks after a massive quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

Twelve minors yesterday filed a legal challenge with Austria’s top court accusing the government of failing to revise an “inadequate” climate protection law,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday it was up to Iran to engage to resolve a deadlock over its nuclear programme, and accused it of enabling Russian aggression in Ukraine.