The 2020-2021 La Nina phenomenon has passed its peak, the UN weather agency said yesterday, but its impact on temperatures, rain and storm patterns is set to continue.

Arab foreign ministers has reaffirmed their commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning against “any unilateral moves” by Israel.

The number of new births in China plummeted 15% in 2020 from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Public Security, with the onset of the novel coronavirus disrupting the economy and weighing on decisions to have a family.

Two US carrier groups conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday, days after a US warship sailed near Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed waters, as China denounced the United States for damaging peace and stability.

The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting last month’s deadly riot at the US Capitol will begin on Tuesday with arguments over whether the proceedings are constitutional.

A glacial burst that triggered a deadly flash flood in the Indian Himalayas at the weekend was a disaster waiting to happen, and one likely to be repeated in a region transformed by climate change and unchecked infrastructure development, experts warn.

Egypt on Tuesday opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza strip until further notice, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, a move described as an incentive for reconciliation between the main Palestinian factions, meeting in Cairo.

Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup defied bans on big gatherings to extend the largest demonstrations in more than a decade on Tuesday, chanting and confronting police who fired water cannons and arrested more than two dozen people.

Haitian opposition parties named a top judge as interim leader overnight Sunday, the latest attempt to oust President Jovenel Moise, whose term they say has expired.

An Australian journalist who has been detained for nearly six months in China where she worked for a state-television channel has been formally arrested on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, the two countries said yesterday.

The United States will participate as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council, which it quit in June 2018 under the Trump administration, while seeking reforms, a US envoy told the Geneva forum yesterday.

The second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off today with some of the key questions about the trial itself -- including how long it will go and whether any witnesses will be called -- still unanswered.

Indian Prime Minister Nawwrendra Modi yesterday made a fervent appeal to protesting farmers to end their agitation against the three new farm laws, renewing an offer of talks to resolve their concerns.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied corruption charges against him in a brief court appearance yesterday, as his graft trial resumed weeks before a fourth national election inside two years.

A whistle turned into a roar of water that trapped a dozen men in a Himalayan tunnel after a glacier burst in northern India, but Rajesh Kumar lived to tell the tale.

US President Joe Biden has made clear he will not unilaterally lift sanctions against Iran, saying it must first adhere to its nuclear deal commitments despite demands on Sunday from the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader.

Cuba announced Saturday that private activity will be authorized in most sectors, a major reform in the communist country where the state and

The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras,

The European Union’s top diplomat defended his controversial trip to Russia, adding that European diplomats had been in contact with lawyers of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken championed human rights and called for an end to the war in Yemen in his first phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, the State Department said Saturday.