New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell declared a state of emergency Friday after the city was hit by a cyberattack.

North Korea has conducted another “crucial test” at its Sohae satellite launch site, state media reported yesterday, as nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington remain stalled with a deadline approaching.

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear cases next year involving the release of President Donald Trump’s tax returns and financial records, setting the stage for a potential blockbuster ruling during the presidential election campaign.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg urged young people in Italy on Friday to seize the next decade to fight climate change, and chastised world leaders for acting “as if there is no tomorrow”.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a sweeping election victory on a promise to “Get Brexit done”, but a reality check awaits for voters hoping that the messy divorce is finally over.

The Taliban have killed nine Afghan soldiers in an insider attack in central Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, the military said yesterday,

North Korea said it had conducted another test at a satellite launch site on Friday to bolster its strategic nuclear deterrence, North Korean state media outlet KCNA reports.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad suggests he may seek to stay in power after 2020.

Washington and London issue travel warnings for northeast India as opponents of a new citizenship law geared up for more protests Saturday, following days of clashes that saw two people killed and dozens injured.

Tireless teenage activist Greta Thunberg has been crisscrossing the globe by car, train and boat - but not plane - to demand action on climate change. But now even she needs a rest.

Schools and colleges were closed, markets were shut and vehicles remained largely off roads in parts of Nagaland in India today amid a six-hour flash general strike called by the Naga Students' Federation (NSF), protesting against the amended Citizenship Act, officials say.

The US Congress on Thursday formally recognized the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. The Senate’s

A Russian television channel has abruptly stopped airing the sitcom that launched the political career of Ukraine’s president, after

United Nations climate negotiations were deadlocked and heading deep into overtime yesterday with even the best-case outcome likely to fall well short of what science says is needed to avert a future ravaged by global warming.

The United States and China yesterday announced a major thaw in their trade war, including immediate cuts to punishing import tariffs, but a lack of detail left markets cautious.

It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union. It worked.

Trump said Johnson’s win meant Britain and the United States would be free to strike a “massive” new trade deal after Brexit. “This deal has the potential to be far bigger and more lucrative than any deal that could be made with the EU. Celebrate Boris,” Trump tweeted.

EU leaders yesterday welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election triumph as a chance to put three years of Brexit frustration behind them, but the Czech premier spoke for many in the bloc when he said Brexit was “bad news for Europe”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be revelling in his mighty election victory but the results in Scotland and Northern Ireland have hinted at battles ahead in trying to keep the United Kingdom together.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party secures a majority in a landslide election victory, results showed on Friday.