At least 20 people were killed and 79 injured in a fuel tank explosion in the Akkar region in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross said on its Twitter account early on Sunday.

Attackers killed 22 commuters on a road near the capital of Nigeria's Plateau state, a morgue attendant told Reuters, in the latest outbreak of violence across Africa's most populous nation in which scores of civilians have been killed this year.

Iran yesterday announced new curbs to combat the spread of Covid-19 as deaths and infections surge and as the country tries to speed up its vaccination campaign. 

Immigration advocates criticized President Joe Biden’s asylum policies on Friday, saying expulsions of migrants at the US-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective.” 

blistering heatwave for dozens of blazes that have raged across the country’s north since Monday, but experts have also criticised authorities for failing to prepare for the annual phenomenon.

Families of those missing after Turkey’s worst floods in years anxiously watched rescue teams search buildings yesterday, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further. 

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with Lithuania’s foreign minister on Friday and reiterated U.S. support for the country in the face of pressure from China over its decision to develop ties with Taiwan, the State Department said.

July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the climate crisis. 

President Joe Biden’s administration has been holding secret talks with more countries than previously known in a desperate attempt to secure deals to temporarily house at-risk Afghans who worked for the US government, four US officials told Reuters. 

1914 - The Panama Canal opened with the passage of the vessel Ancon, although it was not formally inaugurated until July 1920.

A major earthquake killed at least 29 people in southwestern Haiti yesterday, reducing churches, hotels and homes to rubble in the latest tragedy to hit the impoverished Caribbean nation already mired in humanitarian and political crises. 

Russia yesterday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll for a third day running, as the country continues to struggle with the Delta variant amid sluggish vaccination rates. 

Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to protect them from Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday. 

A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Taliban official decked out in traditional tunic and turban raised eyebrows on the country’s social media. 

Britain will not abandon Afghanistan, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Friday, even as he confirmed the imminent withdrawal of most embassy staff in the face of a rapid Taliban onslaught. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive in Afghanistan, and warned that “Afghanistan is spinning out of control.” 

The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory on Friday ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Malaysia’s opposition parties and a key ally have rejected a plea for support from embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in exchange for political and electoral reforms, urging him to resign immediately. 

Immigration advocates criticized President Joe Biden’s asylum policies on Friday, saying expulsions of migrants at the US-Mexico border and other deterrent measures were “cruel, unlawful and ineffective.” 

One woman was dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rains touched off a landslide and engulfed at least two houses in western Japan, with rivers overflowing their banks as rain continued to pound the area