Now a weakened tropical storm, Toraji blew out to sea overnight after causing relatively limited damage and no reported deaths.

In a fresh report, UNHCR pointed to how climate shocks in places like Sudan, Somalia and Myanmar were interacting with conflict to push those already in danger into even more dire situations.

He urged the international community to stop Israel from attacking Iran and to respect Iran's sovereignty.

The diminutive 58-year-old said rapacious elephants would often destroy months of work in her farmland that sits between two parts of Kenya's world-renowned Tsavo National Park.

The agreement formalises months of tightening military bonds between two nations that were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.

In Korean, 4B stands for the "Four Nos": dating, sex, marriage and childbearing with men.

New Zealand offered a historic national apology on Tuesday to victims and families of hundreds of thousands of young people and vulnerable adults who were subjected to physical and sexual abuse in institutions over the last 70 years

Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt

Beleaguered aviation giant Boeing reached a last-minute settlement Monday with the family of a woman killed in the crash of a 737 MAX jetliner in 2019, averting a federal civil trial

Arab and Muslim leaders demanded on Monday that Israel withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories as a precondition for regional peace, while denouncing "shocking" Israeli crimes in war-ravaged Gaza

His staffing picks are the subject of intense speculation and scrutiny, with Trump vowing that his second administration will oversee a radical shake-up of the federal government.

US envoy John Podesta acknowledged the next US administration would "try and take a U-turn" on climate action, but said that US cities, states and individual citizens would pick up the slack.

Iran said yesterday that the US president-elect Donald Trump must end the offensive in Gaza, where the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel has been battling Hamas for more than a year.

Governments at the COP29 talks yesterday approved new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.

The Republican Party is edging closer to overall control of the US Congress, having already secured a majority in the Senate and needing three seats to take the House of Representatives.

Indian police in troubled northeastern Manipur state yesterday battled with Kuki minority forces and killed 11 people after their station was attacked, a district official said yesterday.

Japanese lawmakers yesterday voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month.

Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from yesterday to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution.

Israel said yesterday there was progress in talks about a ceasefire in Lebanon and indicated Russia could play a part by stopping Hezbollah from rearming via Syria, although the Iran-backed group said it had not received any truce proposals yet.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that the report was "completely false information", denying any phone call took place