The coronavirus pandemic may have pushed as many as 80 million people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year,

New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett plans to push for a new Iran strategy during his first White House visit, saying he will urge US President Joe Biden not to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Bennett said he would tell Biden:

Guns once owned by Al Capone, one of the most notorious gangsters in United States history, are to go under the hammer at a California auction.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will run for vice president in next year’s elections, his party said yesterday, after months of speculation about whether he would seek to stay in power.

The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including "summary executions" of civilians and Afghan security forces who have surrendered.

With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, US President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an August 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety.

US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, speaking to reporters on Monday after a briefing by intelligence officials, said he thinks it is very unlikely the evacuation of Afghanistan will be completed by August 31 deadline.

Ukraine yesterday blocked the websites of several prominent Russian media outlets in its latest round of sanctions against neighbouring Russia which it has accused of spreading propaganda.

Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early yesterday on the southern part of Greece’s Evia island, less than two weeks after an inferno decimated its northern part.

Devastating floods after record rainfall in the southern US state of Tennessee have left at least 22 people dead and at least 20 more missing, local officials said Sunday in what they warned was a preliminary toll.

Israeli air raids that demolished four high-rise buildings in the besieged Gaza Strip during its assault on the enclave in May apparently violated international laws of war, a leading international human rights group said yesterday, calling on the Israeli military to produce evidence justifying the attacks.

More than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity, 13 aid groups warned in a report as they called for urgent action to combat the severe water crisis.

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed “enduring engagement” in Asia yesterday, offering reassurances of Washington’s commitment to the region following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover.

Incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked fires in southern Israel yesterday, authorities said, after weekend border clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces wounded dozens of people.

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed "enduring engagement" in Asia on Monday, offering reassurances of Washington's commitment to the region following the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover.

Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza late Saturday after clashes between its troops and Palestinian protesters left dozens injured, including an Israeli border policeman and a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who were both critically wounded.

President Vladimir Putin yesterday rejected the idea of sending people evacuation from Afghanistan to countries near Russia,

An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on a US military plane shortly after arriving on an evacuation flight to Germany, the US

Vice President Kamala Harris began a trip to Asia yesterday where she will offer reassurances of Washington’s commitment to the region after the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover.

The United States said on Sunday that 18 commercial aircraft would be used to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan.