Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles have struck a multi-story block of flats and two other civilian facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens.
One missile struck the building in the village (...)
Despite diplomatic engagements, restoring the so-called Iran nuclear agreement continues to be hindered by political and technical differences, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
In the landmark accord, (...)
Egypt will receive a $500 million loan from the World Bank to help finance its wheat purchases as prices skyrocket because of the Russian-Ukraine crises, the bank said Wednesday.
The funds, approved Tuesday by the World Bank Board of Executive (...)
Russia said on Thursday it pulled its forces out of Black Sea island of Zmiyinyy in order to make it easy for Ukraine to export its grains.
In a press statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said it withdrew its forces from the Zmiyinyy (Snake) (...)
The UK will provide an additional £1bn in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion.
The new funding takes the military aid given to Kyiv to £2.3bn - and the UK has also spent £1.5bn in (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe.
Moscow's troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains.
It (...)
European Union member states reached a deal in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday on a series of measures they hope should put the bloc on track to become carbon neutral by 2050.
It took environment ministers gathered in Luxembourg about 17 (...)
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Ankara wanted 12 suspects from Finland and another 21 from Sweden.
Turkey says it will now be pushing for the extradition of 33 "terror" suspects from Finland and Sweden, under a deal that lifted Ankara's (...)
Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary Generals have always called for dialogue as an approach for resolving disputes between states. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is proving to be yet another window of opportunity for Gulf States to both (...)
The "horrific conflict," in Ukraine shows no signs of abating, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing out that since her last update on 5 April, "countless Ukrainian civilians" have been killed in (...)
Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades.
For the next two weeks only buses, trains, and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up (...)
Legalized cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related health impacts, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in a new report released on Monday.
The World Drug Report 2022 also details the (...)
Nato has announced plans to massively increase the number of its forces at high readiness to over 300,000 troops.
The bloc's rapid reaction force currently has 40,000 troops at its disposal, with many of those based along the alliance's eastern (...)
Under the beating Tanzanian sun, Lossim Lazzaro nervously looks over his farm.
He slowly pours livestock manure on his crops, in a last-ditch attempt to help them grow.
Lazzaro owns five acres of land and was once a successful tomato farmer in the (...)
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out her legal road map to holding a new referendum on independence on Oct. 19, 2023.
In a statement to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday, Sturgeon said she had written to Boris Johnson (...)
Survivors of the Russian missile attack on a shopping center in central Ukraine on Monday have been describing their experiences, with one calling it simply "hell."
At Kremenchuk's public hospital, five people are crammed into a room in an intensive (...)
An unassuming patch of red dirt in remote Australia has made history as the site of Nasa's first rocket launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US.
The sub-orbital rocket blasted off from the tiny site early on Monday local time.
It will (...)
The UK, US, Canada and Japan will ban imports of Russian gold in an effort to hit Moscow's ability to fund the war in Ukraine.
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the move would "strike at the heart of Putin's war machine".
Gold exports were (...)
While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance's new Strategic Concept — its main working document for the next decade — is having to contend with Russia and China's growing influence in (...)
Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional and international arena.
In their front pages, almost all Saudi press highlighted prominent local news and developments, citing that starting from today, (...)
European leaders, who worried that winter will be a tough one for their citizens, pledged deeper cooperation and coordination on Friday to tackle the energy crisis.
The two-day European Council summit in Brussels ended with the 27 heads of state (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani emphasized the need for more cooperation to deal with crises, agreeing during talks on Saturday that such a measure was necessary to quell regional (...)
Investing in the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is also "investing in stability" for the entire Middle East region, the UN chief told a pledging conference on Thursday.
"It means investing in the economic and social wellbeing (...)
Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk have been ordered to withdraw, according to the top regional official.
The city is the focus of Russia's invasion as it tries to take control of large parts of eastern Ukraine.
"Remaining in positions that have been (...)
Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next month, the UN food relief agency warned on Thursday.
"The combination (...)
