France has regretted the failure of the draft resolution brought by Brazil to the UN Security Council, condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war and urging humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

A team of international scientists collected fish samples from a port town near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, seeking to assess the impact of the plant's recent release of treated radioactive water into the sea

Beijing condemned "illegal" US sanctions Thursday, after Washington unveiled new measures targeting individuals and entities, including those based in China and Hong Kong, that allegedly support Iran's missile and drone programmes

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a one-day state mourning for Saturday commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks

Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Thursday it could cut its workforce by as many as 14,000 after its third quarter results showed a drop in profits.

Russia on Thursday sent 27 tonnes of humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip to be transported from Egypt, Moscow's emergency situations ministry said.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will travel to Israel on Thursday before heading to other countries in the region in an effort to deescalate the Israel-Gaza conflict, his office has said

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egypt's prime minister on Thursday that Beijing hoped to work with his country to bring "more stability" to the Middle East, state media reported, as the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict cast a shadow over the region

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza to allow a first batch of around 20 humanitarian aid trucks through, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday

Israel said Wednesday it would allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip from neighbouring Egypt, while maintaining its siege on the Palestinian territory since bloody attacks by Hamas

The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday calling for a "humanitarian pause" in the raging Israel-Hamas conflict as the text did not respect Israel's right to defend itself, the US ambassador said

Palestinians combed through the debris of the devastated Gaza hospital to collect the dead yesterday, the day after a strike killed hundreds in the facility.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the United States was wading deeper into the Ukraine conflict and making a mistake by providing Kyiv with long-range ATACMS missiles.

The number of Sudanese families going hungry has near-doubled after six months of fighting between rival generals, the United Nations said yesterday.

Airports across France were evacuated yesterday after emailed “threats of attack”, a police source told AFP, the latest in a series of similar alerts.

Russian lawmakers yesterday voted once more to revoke Moscow’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, moving the country another step closer to abandoning the landmark agreement.

South Korea, the United States, and Japan will conduct a joint aerial drill this weekend involving a US nuclear-weapons-capable B-52 bomber, according to media reports yesterday.

The British Museum said yesterday it planned to digitise its entire collection, citing the need to secure public access to its vast catalogue after it reported in August that 2,000 artefacts had been stolen or were missing.

Six airports across France were evacuated on Wednesday after emailed "threats of attack", a police source told AFP, the latest in a series of similar threats in recent days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today denounced the Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza that killed innocent people including children, reiterating her call to global leaders to stop the war and arms race for the wellbeing of mankind