Former US president Barack Obama said Friday that democracy is at stake in next month’s midterm elections in the United States, as he hit his first stop on the campaign trail.

Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae whipped the Philippines yesterday after unleashing flash floods and landslides that officials said left at least 45 people dead.

The head of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards yesterday warned protesters that would be their last day of taking to the streets, in a sign that security forces may intensify their fierce crackdown on unrest sweeping the country.

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.

UK’s new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering freezing the country's foreign aid budget for an additional two years, the Telegraph reported on Friday, citing sources.

Russia announced on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands of people in a month, with more than a quarter of them already sent to the battlefield.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe into an era of insecurity, Germany said yesterday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin predicted a “dangerous” decade ahead.

The European Union on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “acute threat” posed by Moscow, but China is the most consequential challenge for the United States, the Pentagon has said.

When we look at the Russia of today, there is no room for old dreams. Our countries are standing against each other today.

The historical period of the West’s undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end. We are standing at a historical frontier: Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and, at the same time, important decade since the end of World War Two.

If he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it? Why is he talking about the ability to use a tactical nuclear weapon? He’s been very dangerous in how he’s approached this.

Nasa’s robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly four years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth’s closest planetary neighbour based on data from two big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust’s structure.

Everybody is holding its breath about this. Further tests, of course, means that they are refining the preparations and the construction of their arsenal.

Nigeria yesterday said it had beefed up security and called for the public to be vigilant but calm after the United States and Britain warned of a high “terror” threat in the capital Abuja.

Like many around the world, Iceland’s prime minister delved into her hobby during the pandemic. Now, the crime novel she co-wrote with one of Iceland’s most popular authors has just been published.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi was assaulted during a break-in at the couple’s San Francisco home early yesterday and a suspect has been arrested, authorities said.

Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming’s impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said.

Australia’s prime minister yesterday expressed his sorrow at the killing of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, insisting that the attack was clearly “racially motivated”.

Two Palestinians were killed yesterday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.