Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed “terrorist organisations” Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups. 

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed strengthening European defenses in a telephone call Friday, the White House said, as Washington seeks to mend ties after a bitter row over submarine contracts. 

The White House said Friday it would delay the release of long-classified documents related to the assassination of US President

The United States and three European powers have agreed in consultations in Paris on the need for Iran to return quickly to talks amid growing alarm over a delay. 

Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its de facto ruler Crown Prince

1929 - Share prices collapsed as nearly 13 million shares changed hands in panic selling on the New York Stock Exchange in what became known as “Black Thursday”.

The president (Joe Biden) was not announcing any change in our policy and there is no change in our policy. We will uphold our

The UN said Friday it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since a February coup. 

Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and Covid-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming the sharp surge in cases.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organisation, today held protest programmes across the world denouncing the recent spate of attacks on puja mandaps, temples and properties of the Hindu community in several districts of Bangladesh.

An array of US news outlets cited documents from former Facebook worker Frances Haugen, adding to a series of critical revelations already published based on information she provided.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the United States will soon launch an Amazon-wide regional pact to reduce deforestation, a bid to fight a key factor in climate change.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen yesterday said it had killed at least 92 Huthi rebels in air strikes on two districts in the past 24 hours near the strategic city of Marib. 

US intelligence services said Thursday for the first time that climate change poses wide-ranging threats to the United States’ national security and stability around the world. 

US envoy for Iran Robert Malley was scheduled to meet diplomats from three European powers over the Iranian nuclear crisis as Vienna-based

Fifteen people died and one person was missing after a fire broke out at a Russian explosives factory southeast of Moscow yesterday,

Human remains found in a Florida nature reserve belong to the boyfriend of murdered road tripper Gabby Petito, US authorities said Thursday.

The United States will defend Taiwan if China attacks it, President Joe Biden said, prompting a warning from Beijing yesterday that its determination to take back the democratic island should not be underestimated. 

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the current climate situation was “a one-way ticket for disaster” and stressed the need to “avoid a failure” at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

1942 - British and Commonwealth forces led by General Montgomery launched a huge offensive against German and Italian forces under General Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt.