Pyongyang on Tuesday warned that it could seek a “new path” and accelerate its weapons programme, after Washington imposed fresh sanctions on North Korean companies amid stalled nuclear talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a new government, less than a week after he announced sweeping constitutional reforms and his longtime prime minister resigned.

Some residents of Australia’s capital Canberra were evacuated briefly yesterday after a bushfire broke out near the airport as searing hot weather ended a few days of respite and the number of out-of-control blazes surged in the southeast of the country.

Opening arguments: The Democratic members of the House of Representatives chosen to present the impeachment case against Trump will deliver opening arguments to the Senate beginning on Wednesday. They will have a total of 24 hours over three days to

Top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou became Greece’s first woman president yesterdaywhen lawmakers elected her head of state in a rare

Harvey Weinstein is starring in the biggest trial of its era — a landmark moment in a global reckoning that has empowered women while shining a light on power dynamics in workplaces from Hollywood Boulevard to Main Street.

The US Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose what they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.

The Saudi embassy in Washington dismisses suggestions the kingdom hacked the phone of Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, as media reports linked the security breach to a WhatsApp message from an account of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

India’s Supreme Court today refuses to put on hold the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which has sparked nationwide protests, and gives the central government four weeks to respond to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law passed by parliament.

A trailblazing judge with particular expertise in environmental law and the constitution will become Greece's first female president on Wednesday.

China warns that a SARS-like virus that has killed nine people, infected hundreds and spread to other countries could mutate, as authorities scrambled to contain the disease during the Lunar New Year travel season.The new coronavirus has caused alarm for its similarity to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

The Trump administration is expected to change State Department visa guidelines aimed at "birth tourism", the practice of foreign nationals giving birth on US soil to ensure their children become American citizens.

An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who killed US President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported yesterday amid Tehran’s latest standoff with Washington.

“Neighbourhood first” is the main policy of Modi government and improving cross-border connectivity is an important aspect of it, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

Prince Harry was spending the first full day of his new life in Canada yesterday after jetting in from Britain to join his wife Meghan, 38, following their shock exit from their royal roles.

The world is using up more than 100 billion tonnes of natural resources per year for the first time ever while global recycling of raw materials has fallen, according to a report released yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday assailed environmental “prophets of doom”, delivering an uncompromising message in Davos after Swedish teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg slammed government inaction on the climate crisis.

Iraqi police fought running street battles with anti-government demonstrators yesterday, firing tear and rubber bullets to try to disperse stone-throwing youths pressing for an overhaul of a political system they see as deeply corrupt.

Iran has confirmed two Tor-M1 missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests.

A Pakistani journalist critical of the government and the army has been detained for five days for having published “anti-state” comments online, his lawyer told AFP yesterday, in a new illustration of shrinking freedoms in Pakistan.