Dozens of countries from around the world called on Russia Wednesday to halt the war in Ukraine.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week focusing on the “peace process” and elections, the Palestinian foreign ministry said Thursday.

Kyiv said Wednesday it was severing relations with North Korea, as Pyongyang confirmed it was formally recognising two self-proclaimed pro-Russian

Vulnerable Pacific islands demanded “urgent, immediate” global action on climate change yesterday, while stressing a commitment to democracy and the

Mario Draghi said he would resign as Italian prime minister on Thursday, after a party in his ruling coalition did not participate in a confidence vote.

Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 22 people and wounded about more than 100 Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s president alleged the attack deliberately targeted civilians in locations without military value.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak cemented his lead over rivals to become Britain's next prime minister on Thursday in an increasingly bitter race to replace Boris Johnson.

The leaders of the United States and Israel pledged on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear weaponry, including through the possible use of “all elements of national power” available to Washington, according to a joint statement.

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates is donating $20 billion to the charitable foundation run by him and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates to boost its annual distributions.

Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports blocked by Russia and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far off as heavy shelling continued.

Britain’s ruling Conservative party Wednesday began winnowing down the eight candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who hinted the race could last days rather than weeks.

Twitter has sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy “a model of hypocrisy,” court documents showed.

Victims of Lebanon’s deadly 2020 port blast have filed a quarter-billion-dollar lawsuit against a US firm for its suspected links to the tragedy, a Swiss foundation assisting the plaintiffs said yesterday.

Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish military delegations met with UN officials in Istanbul yesterday for talks on resuming exports of Ukrainian grain from the major Black Sea port of Odesa as a global food crisis worsens.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images aren’t just breathtaking -- they contain a wealth of scientific insights and clues that researchers are eager to pursue.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers yesterday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

Climate-threatened Pacific islands are pushing for the International Court of Justice to throw its weight behind efforts to arrest climate change, with the initiative gaining support at a key regional summit in Fiji yesterday.

US President Joe Biden yesterday arrived in Israel, which embraced him as an old friend on the first leg of a high-stakes trip dominated by efforts to bring it

Former US national security advisor John Bolton admitted on television Tuesday that he has helped plan coups in other countries, while arguing that the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington fell short of such efforts.

The European Union will encourage member countries to cut gas demand by incentivising industries to use less, as it prepares for possible further cuts to Russian supply, according to a draft plan seen by Reuters.