US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping agreed during their virtual summit to work on organising talks between the nuclear-armed nations on arms control, a senior White House official said Tuesday.

Scientists say they have proven what many people fortunate enough to grow up with theirs have known all along: Grandmothers have strong nurturing instincts and are hard-wired to care deeply about their grandchildren.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Africans to watch out for rising threats to democracy as he began a three-nation tour of the continent where he is also seeking momentum to end Ethiopia’s year-long war.

Swedish authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspect for “aggravated espionage” in a case that has already led to the detention of a former intelligence official.

The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at surging arrests in Ethiopia since the country introduced a state of emergency on November 2.

Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital yesterday as security was stepped up following twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State that killed three people in the heart of Kampala.

Australia yesterday announced measures to ring-fence dozens of sensitive technologies from foreign interference, stepping up efforts to safeguard against “national security risks” from China and others.

The man who died in a botched bomb attack in the northern English city of Liverpool on Sunday had planned the blast for at least

Poland yesterday warned that the crisis on the Belarusian border could last for months or even years, a day after Polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to deter stone-throwing migrants.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday clarified his apparent reference to an “independent” Taiwan, saying the US position on Chinese sovereignty has not changed.

A rare painting by Frida Kahlo sold in a New York auction house Tuesday for almost $35 million, a record price for a work by the

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a parliamentary grilling yesterday over sleaze allegations, as tensions ran high within his Conservative party due to his proposals to ban MPs from paid political consultancy work.

Germany’s coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, calling for a push to distribute booster shots faster and appealing to those sceptical of vaccination to change their minds.

1626 - St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world’s largest Christian basilica.

Security forces shot dead at least 15 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Wednesday on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations against military rule, medics said.

Britain, on Tuesday, said it had agreed with Athens that a long-running dispute between the two countries over the Parthenon Marbles “in no way affects the strength of the UK-Greece partnership”.

Pfizer said Tuesday it is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for a likely launch of the promising therapy in the coming weeks.

Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country, the company's threat investigators said in an interview with Reuters.

Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Tuesday, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to court for his graft trial yesterday, but judges granted a defence request to postpone highly anticipated testimony from his former spin doctor.