China suspended US warship visits and sanctioned American NGOs yesterday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

Brazil’s negotiators already face a tough job at United Nations climate talks, given anger at President Jair Bolsonaro’s stance on the Amazon, but it has become doubly difficult as they are in the dark on their own government’s aims.

US Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi told a UN climate conference yesterday that the world could still count on the United States in the fight against global warming despite Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement.

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells the opening plenary of a UN climate conference.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that issued a ban on the inspection and training activities of Nirapon, an alliance of North American readymade garments (RMG) buyers in Bangladesh.

The United Nations opens a two-week climate summit in Madrid, where world leaders face growing pressure to prove they can muster the political will to avert the most catastrophic impacts of global warming.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community to adopt a time-befitting climate action plan and implement all provisions of Paris Agreement and other relevant global instruments and mechanisms to stop further degradation of environment.

At least 24 Tunisians were killed after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry says.

US President Donald Trump's attorney says that the White House will not participate in congressional hearings set for Wednesday that will consider passing impeachment articles against the president.

Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade - a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty charity Oxfam says.

Saudi Arabia became the first Arab nation yesterday to take over the G20 presidency as it seeks to bounce back onto the world stage

Dutch police said yesterday they had found no indications of a terrorist motive after arresting a homeless man for stabbing three

Israel’s new hard-right defence minister yesterday ordered officials to start planning a new Jewish settlement in the heart of the divided

American actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Saturday denied a claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he had helped fund groups

Iraq’s parliament approved the resignation of the embattled cabinet yesterday, after two months of violent unrest that have left more than 420 people dead and thousands mourning them in nationwide marches.

Two days of clashes between regime forces and armed groups in Syria’s last major opposition bastion have killed nearly 70 on both sides, undermining a months-long ceasefire agreement, a war monitor said yesterday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday he would strengthen prison sentences, vowing to boost security after an attack in the British capital by a man convicted of terrorism who was released early from prison.

Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong yesterday, ending a rare lull in violence, as residents took to the streets chanting “revolution of our time” and “liberate Hong Kong”.

The devastating impact of global warming that threatens humanity is a pushback from Nature under assault, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned yesterday ahead of a key climate conference.

A shootout in a Mexican town near the US border between suspected drug traffickers and police left at least 14 dead, including four