Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden

A gunman killed two people and wounded at least five at a building site in central Auckland Thursday, just hours before New Zealand's biggest city hosts the opening game of the football Women's World Cup

Ukraine accused Russia yesterday of damaging grain export infrastructure in “hellish” overnight strikes focused on two of its Black Sea ports, vowing not to be intimidated from working to keep grain exports moving out of them.

At least 34 people were killed when an Algerian passenger bus collided head-on with a commercial vehicle and burst into flames before dawn yesterday in the country’s southern desert, officials said.

More than 700 people have been sentenced to prison over riots in France late last month, the country's justice minister said Wednesday, lauding the "firm" response of magistrates

Thailand's constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming the nation's next leader after a stunning election win

Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings, as parts of Asia and the United States also suffered under extreme weather

The quake was registered at 6:22 pm (0222 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean

Family members rushed to the scene looking for their loved ones.

International Criminal Court judges yesterday rejected the Philippines’ appeal to halt a probe into the nation’s deadly anti-drug crackdown, clearing the way for the investigation to resume.

The new head of the World Bank said yesterday that growing divides between rich and poor nations risked deepening poverty in the developing world, at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in India.

Flash floods in India’s Assam state have killed at least eight people and displaced more than 115,000 after a regional river burst its banks earlier this month following heavy monsoon rains, officials said yesterday.

Britain’s controversial plan to deter migrants without papers from landing on British shores was yesterday poised to become law, prompting criticism from the United Nations.

A US soldier has crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea, two US officials told Reuters yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Former US President Donald Trump said yesterday he had received a letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating that he is a target of a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.

The world should prepare to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned yesterday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures.

Russia struck Ukrainian ports yesterday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive.

Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock and his dog, Bella, were on a journey from La Paz in Mexico to French Polynesia before their boat was severely damaged by a storm and rough seas.

Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt's capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said

Russia yesterday halted participation in the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, spreading a sense of dread in poorer countries where people fear price rises will put food out of reach.