At least 17 people were killed and 86 were injured yesterday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator beside the

The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said on Wednesday, as fears grow that UN discussions on money for states to repair and avoid harm could become a “talk shop”.

Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Severodonetsk yesterday came under renewed heavy assault from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region.

People looking for less expensive alternatives to high-cost prescription medications now have a new and maybe surprising option.

Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city – for the second year in a row – for expatriates to live in, according to the findings of the latest cost of living research published by ECA International.

Norway's royal court on Tuesday announced the engagement of Princess Martha Louise to her US boyfriend Durek Verrett, a self-professed shaman and guru to celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow.

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

Ukraine’s ambassador is urging Israel to sell its Iron Dome rocket interception system and provide anti-tank missiles to defend civilians against Russia’s invasion.

Russia yesterday reported its forces had taken full control of residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine’s flashpoint city of Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its troops were fighting on in the eastern hub despite being outnumbered.

Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said yesterday, prompting angry Israeli protests.

Heavy fighting in Sudan’s west and south has killed at least 27 people and left dozens wounded, residents said yesterday, with the United Nations envoy saying he was “deeply concerned.

Indonesia and Malaysia have both summoned India’s envoys in their countries over “derogatory” remarks made about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by two officials with the South Asian nation’s ruling party, their foreign ministries said yesterday.

Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul as it fell to the Taliban with millions of dollars in stolen cash, a US government watchdog’s report said Monday.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday lauded the loyalty of his cabinet and vowed to “get on with the job” after surviving a confidence vote of his Conservative MPs that has still left him severely weakened.

The World Bank on Tuesday (June 7) slashed its global growth forecast by nearly a third to 2.9 per cent for 2022, warning that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has compounded the damage from the Covid-19 pandemic, and many countries now faced recession.

The end of end of the war and restoration of peace in Ukraine can only take place at the negotiation table, and not by focusing on the military gains, said international relations analysts and diplomats today.

The Russian parliament has passed a set of laws allowing Moscow not to comply with the top European human rights court’s rulings.

New York's governor raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 Monday as she tightened gun laws following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo.

The Dominican Republic's environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead in his office on Monday, authorities said.

A British journalist and an Indigenous affairs expert are missing in a remote part of Brazil’s Amazon region, a local Indigenous association said Monday. The area has been marked by violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers and government agents.