A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals, authorities said Friday.

CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore yesterday warned that the world order was “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the cold war”.

Thousands of people took to the streets across France yesterday to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister with left-wing parties accusing him of stealing legislative elections.

A New York judge on Friday delayed former US President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the Nov 5 election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive.

Ukraine’s security services yesterday said they had struck a Russian ammunition factory in a border region, as Moscow’s forces claimed yet another advance on the battlefield.

The mysterious origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone has deepened as new research has found it did not come from Orkney

CIA Director Bill Burns and UK MI6 chief Richard Moore warned on Saturday that the world order was "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the cold war"

The typhoon hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces, packing winds exceeding 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said.

A Turkish-American woman was shot dead Friday while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, where the army acknowledged opening fire

After years of delays, Starliner launched in June for what was meant to be a roughly weeklong test mission -- a final shakedown before it could be certified to ferry crew to and from the orbital laboratory.

The fighting in Rakhine now is part of a wider rebellion against Myanmar's junta, three years after it ousted an elected civilian government in a coup, triggering nationwide protests that have morphed into an armed uprising.

The latest good news for Trump came Friday, when a judge officially delayed his sentencing in that case to November 26 -- weeks after the US presidential election.

The person was the 14th to test positive for bird flu in the US this year, and the first without known contact with animals.

Israeli forces pulled out of the Palestinian city of Jenin yesterday, leaving a mass of damaged buildings and infrastructure, following one of the biggest security operations in the occupied West Bank in months.

At least 17 young children were killed in a fire that ripped through their primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, with initial reports yesterday indicating it was overcrowded.

The junta is battling widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.

Republican White House candidate Donald Trump unveiled a plan Thursday to install tech billionaire Elon Musk at the head of a government efficiency commission to eliminate “trillions” of dollars in wasteful spending.

US tech titan Google employs “anti-competitive practices” with regards to online advertising, Britain’s competition watchdog concluded yesterday in provisional findings of a two-year long investigation.

Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into China’s Hainan island yesterday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometres an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in more than a decade.

The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023’s high and making this year likely Earth’s hottest ever recorded, the EU’s climate monitor said yesterday.