The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a US military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group’s efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused “Western colleagues” of making things up after US officials claimed to have evidence of a planned operation by Moscow to film a fake Ukrainian attack on Russians.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was scrambling to save his premiership yesterday after four of his inner circle quit in the fallout from lockdown-breaking parties in his Downing Street office.

China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic alliance on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China's President Xi Jinping hosted Russia's Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Russia accused the United States on Thursday of ramping up tensions and ignoring Moscow's calls to ease a standoff over Ukraine, a day after Washington announced it would send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania.

Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon enter a “long period of tranquility” due to high vaccination rates, the milder Omicron variant and the end of winter, the WHO said yesterday.

The deployment of additional United States troops in Eastern Europe is escalating tensions in the region, the Kremlin said yesterday, after Washington said it would send 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania.

Joe Biden plans several stops during a visit to Asia this spring, which will be his first to the region as president and include a summit with three key regional

The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by US special forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, US President Joe Biden said Thursday.

India today said its envoy in Beijing would not attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in China in protest against China for allowing its soldier, who was present in a standoff with Indian troops in Ladakh in 2020, to join the Olympic torch relay.

The Dutch port city of Rotterdam said Wednesday it would temporarily dismantle an historic bridge to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass.

President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss tensions between Ukraine and Russia with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday, after pitching Turkey as a mediator, and an official said he was not picking any sides in the crisis.

US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people in an operation the Pentagon described as "successful".

Melinda French Gates is no longer pledging to give the bulk of her wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on February 2.

The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory Covid-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon.

The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield Eastern Europe from a potential spillover from the crisis over the massing of Russian troops near Ukraine, US officials said on Wednesday.

CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned Wednesday after acknowledging a consensual relationship with another network executive — an entanglement that came to light during an investigation of now-fired anchor Chris Cuomo.

The United States will send a warship and fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates, officials said on Wednesday, after a series of

The European Commission yesterday defied protests from green campaigners and dissent in its own ranks to give a sustainable finance label to investments in both gas and nuclear power.

At least 40 people were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group and local sources said yesterday.