The US and China, the world's two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, unveiled a deal to ramp up co-operation tackling climate change, including cutting methane...

Large rifts remain as United Nations climate talks tick down to a Friday deadline. A lot of the divide comes down to money, which nations...

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday called for the “immediate release” of 16 Ethiopians employed by the world body who were detained in a series...

A Canadian woman in her 70s could be the first patient to be ever diagnosed as suffering from 'climate change' as doctors blame her health...

Thousands of demonstrators marched on the New Zealand parliament to protest against COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday, prompting a major police deployment at the Wellington building known...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes a major climate deal is still possible at Cop26 but will require an immense effort to be finalised, his...

This is a country which is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger.The weather is turning from early autumn warmth to a sharp...

Family and friends have been paying tribute to those who died following a crowd surge at rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas.At least...

Countries must honour the commitments they made last week at the Cop26 talks, conference President Alok Sharma said as the business end of the negotiations...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said he escaped unhurt after an attack on his home in the capital Baghdad. Officials said his residence in...

The US Congress has passed a landmark $1tn (£741bn) infrastructure spending package, delivering a major domestic win to President Joe Biden.Negotiations over the sweeping public...

Brexit Minister Lord Frost will meet France's Europe minister in Paris later in an attempt to resolve a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.Tensions flared up...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate whether crimes against humanity were committed during Venezuela's crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017.Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said...

Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia's prime minister for violating its policies against inciting violence.On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens take up arms...

Republican Glenn Youngkin has been elected as Virginia's next governor in a major upset, according to US media projections.He was 2.1 points ahead of Democrat...

Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference at the EU summit on October 22nd. AFPGreece and Germany will bring down the curtain on a frequently...

Poland's parliament has voted to build a controversial wall on its border with Belarus to block an influx of migrants who are illegally entering Poland.Thousands...

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, left, next to CIA Director William Burns, testifies at a US House Intelligence committee hearing on Oct. 27, 2021....

US President Joe Biden has told France's Emmanuel Macron that the US was "clumsy" over a security pact signed between the UK, US, and Australia...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) arrives for the G20 leader's summit in Rome October 30, 2021. -ReutersClimate change and the prelaunch of the global...

Canada says it will appeal against a court order to pay billions of dollars to compensate indigenous children who went through the child welfare system.Last...

World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is running unopposed for a second five-year term.Ethiopian Dr Tedros, the first African to head the UN...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced an internal State Department review of America's rushed evacuation operation from Afghanistan in August.Speaking at the Foreign...

Sudan's coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent "civil war".He added that the deposed Prime Minister...

One of the world's most criticized polluters, Australia, has promised it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.PM Scott Morrison made the long-delayed pledge...

This undated file photo made available on October 15, 2021 and released by the Anadolu Culture Center shows Parisian-born Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala speaking during...

A senior US diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to end a recent series of missile tests and resume negotiations, days after the North performed...

Sixteen people have been evacuated from a burning container ship off Canada's Pacific coast.The Zim Kingston ship is expelling toxic gas but officials said there...

At least seven people are reported to have died and some 140 have been hurt after soldiers fired on crowds opposing a military takeover in...

The global plastics in consumer electronics market size is expected to reach USD 7.70 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View...

Military forces detained a number of senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, the country's information ministry said, as the country's main pro-democracy group called on...

The US did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power with the Taliban, said Zalmay Khalilzad, who recently resigned...

The United States government will on Wednesday begin an appeal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial for publishing military secrets, after a...

High on a hilltop bathed in the autumnal colors of pine, birch and larch trees, Alexei Demidov paused for a few minutes of quiet prayer....

A United Nations humanitarian flight to the Ethiopian region of Tigray, epicenter of a year-old war that threatens to cause deepening famine, was ordered to...

A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to end a recent series of missile tests and resume negotiations, days after the North performed...

Locust swarms forming in northern Ethiopia are threatening to aggravate an already severe food shortage faced by millions of people in the Tigray region after...

The monarch cancelled an official trip to Northern Ireland on Wednesday with the palace saying she had been told to rest by her medical staff,...

European leaders heaped praise on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday as she participated in her last European Union summit after a 16-year reign heavily...

The UK has agreed a free trade deal with New Zealand which it says will benefit consumers and businesses.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal...

Australia was the worst climate performer among comparable developed countries since nations pledged in the 2015 Paris agreement to take action to limit global warming,...

President Vladadimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths,...

Former US president Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social network, in the latest push to reclaim his internet dominance after he...

Australia delivered a withering denunciation of China's trade policies Thursday, accusing Beijing of undermining the World Trade Organization and foot-dragging on promised economic reforms.During a...

New Zealand passed a law Thursday forcing banks to reveal the impact of their investments on climate change, describing it as a world-first move to...

Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State...

Two people have survived days without water in Australia's hot and dusty outback, police said on Monday (Oct 18), ending a frenzied five-day air and...

China's parliament will consider legislation to punish parents if their young children exhibit "very bad behavior" or commit crimes.In the draft of the family education...

Colin Powell, the boundary-breaking military leader and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to...

A college basketball player hatched the idea after seeing a discrimination case nearly implode his own team, then wondering why nobody had done anything about...