Five members of a Greek humanitarian aid team, sent to Libya after the devastating floods that hit Derna, have been killed in a road accident, the Greek army said on Monday, raising a previous toll

More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population

At least 20 employees of mining giant De Beers have been killed in a road accident in South Africa, local officials said Sunday

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned there will be no swift end to the Ukraine war, in an interview published yesterday, as Kyiv pushes on with its counteroffensive against Russia.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia yesterday after a rare six-day visit that appeared to solidify his country’s ties with President Vladimir Putin -- fanning Western fears that Pyongyang could provide Moscow with weapons for its assault on Ukraine.

The head of the World Health Organization told the Financial Times he was ready to send a new mission of experts to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19.

A member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead during events falling on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, state media reported yesterday.

The encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag has stretched to the fifth day, with thousands of troops including para commandos locked in an endless gunfight deep inside the dense forests of Gadol.

People whose homes were swept away by flooding in Libya’s eastern city of Derna a week ago faced the dilemma yesterday of whether to stay despite a lack of fresh water or flee through areas where landmines have been displaced by the torrents.

India's renowned author, filmmaker, and journalist Gita Mehta died of age-related ailments in New Delhi yesterday at the age of 80, The Times of India reports quoting PTI

A member of Iran's Basij paramilitary force linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was shot dead during events falling on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, state media reported Sunday.

An American mother of one lost all four of her limbs after suffering a bacterial infection from eating what was believed to be undercooked tilapia fish

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped up his visit to Russia on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, leaving the far eastern region of the country on his armoured train

As the world swelters through record temperatures, scientists say an unusual culprit may be partly to blame: an underwater volcanic eruption off Tonga in the South Pacific last year

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's defence minister discussed practical issues to boost military cooperation, state media said on Sunday, in what Pyongyang calls a "fresh heyday" for bilateral relations

Fourteen people were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon while attempting to land in stormy weather in the popular tourist town of Barcelos, the incident fatal for all aboard, officials said

The death toll from the catastrophic flooding in Libya's eastern city of Derna has climbed to 11,300, the United Nations said in an update on Saturday

Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday praised efforts to support the Global South in the international arena as he opened a summit of the G77 group of developing nations and China with host Cuba.

The Lee storm system weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it closed in on New England and Atlantic Canada yesterday, producing hurricane-force winds that knocked out power to more than 100,000 people.