The UN rights chief will be arriving in China “shortly” for a long-anticipated visit, including to the Xinjiang region where authorities stand accused of widespread rights abuses, a spokeswoman said yesterday.

More than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and Kyiv said yesterday it had ordered its full garrison to evacuate, bringing an apparent end to the bloodiest battle in Europe for decades.

Shia group Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament, official results showed yesterday, while

The United States said Monday it is easing restrictions imposed during former president Donald Trump’s administration on travel to

Clashes erupted in Libya’s capital yesterday as the parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, tried to take over

The number of people reported missing in violence-wracked Mexico has exceeded 100,000, according to official data, with rights

The UK government yesterday announced its intention to drastically overhaul post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland, arguing the plan was needed to end political paralysis in the territory but risking a trade war with the EU.

Western countries have been ramping up weapons and ammunition shipments to Ukraine as Kyiv fights off a Russian invasion, but arms trade experts warn some of the lethal assistance could end up falling into the wrong hands.

Georgia yesterday jailed for over three years an owner of the nation’s most popular television station critical of the government, further raising concerns over media freedom in the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday warned Finland and Sweden to expect a “response” for applying to join Nato as Ukrainian troops reached border after pushing Russian forces back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un criticised “irresponsible” officials over the country’s pandemic response and ordered the army to help distribute

Israel yesterday reopened its only crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers nearly two weeks after closing it over unrest, the defence ministry said. 

A suicide bomber killed three children, age between 4 and 11, and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan,

A heavily armed 18-year-old white man shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a “racially motivated” attack that he live-streamed on camera, authorities said. 

Lebanon yesterday voted in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, a major test for new

Thousands of activists chanting, banging drums and wielding placards flooded streets across the United States on Saturday in a national day of action calling for safe and legal access to abortion. 

Finland yesterday confirmed its bid for Nato membership as a bulwark against Russia, redrawing the balance of power in Europe after decades of military non-alignment.

Russia has lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region “has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule”, British military intelligence said yesterday.

Australian cricket was reeling Sunday after swashbuckling former all-rounder Andrew Symonds was killed in a single-car accident outside Townsville in Queensland state on Saturday night.

A senior NATO official said Sunday that Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war, as Russia’s neighbor Finland announced it wants to join the Western military alliance.