Universities in Kabul were almost empty on the first day of the Afghan school year, as professors and students wrestled with the Taliban’s restrictive new rules for the classroom.

Armed robbers struck a Bulgari store on the opulent Place Vendome in Paris and snatched jewellery worth 10 million euros ($11.84 million) on Tuesday, police in the French capital said.

The International Press Institute today named Yuliya Slutskaya was named the institute’s 72 nd World Press Freedom Hero. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seeking a third term in office in snap elections later this month, has repeatedly faced off against angry protesters on the campaign trail. And now, one has even thrown stones at him.

At least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the restive northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and UN sources said yesterday.

Wealthy countries could potentially have a surplus of more than one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses available by the end of the year that are not designated as donations to poorer nations.

Six Palestinians broke out of an Israeli prison yesterday through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent ex-militant.

The sentencing of Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak shows the Belarusian authorities continuing their assault on the defenders of democracy and freedom.

Relatives of the 298 victims of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 on Monday accused Russia of lying about its alleged role in the downing of the plane as they began testifying in the Dutch murder trial of four suspects.

Israeli forces on Monday launched a massive manhunt in northern Israel and the occupied West Bank after six Palestinian prisoners escaped overnight from a high-security facility in an extremely rare breakout.

Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the west African country.

Hurricane Ida’s toll rose to 12 storm deaths in Louisiana on Saturday, still far outpaced by the dozens killed in flooded Northeast

TThe family of a separatist icon from Indian-administered Kashmir has been booked for police investigation under a sweeping

Thirteen Iraqi policemen were killed in an Islamic State group attack against a checkpoint in the country’s north early yesterday,

Japan’s minister in charge of Covid-19 vaccinations is seen as the most suitable candidate to become the next prime minister,

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran was ready to hold talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear accord but not under Western “pressure”, adding Tehran was seeking negotiations leading to a lifting of US sanctions.

The challenges to security emerging from the upheaval in Afghanistan should be a wake-up call for the European Union, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said, urging the EU to be more ambitious on defence and on global leadership. 

A man has died following a shark attack in Australia despite the efforts of “incredibly brave” surfers and bystanders who came to his aid, authorities said yesterday.

Melting glacier ice is pictured at the west coast close to Nuuk, Greenland, on Saturday. Greenland’s ice is melting faster than

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met in secret with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman, he revealed on Saturday, against the backdrop of improving diplomatic ties between the two countries.