The mayor of Johannesburg was killed in a car accident as he returned from campaigning with South Africa's president on Saturday, just over a month...

Indonesian security forces have killed the leader of militant group East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), which has ties with Islamic State, police said on Sunday (Sep...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's party was set Sunday to retain a majority in parliament on the last day of three-day elections in which most Kremlin...

World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and...

US officials have moved thousands of migrants away from a Texas border town that has seen an influx of mostly Haitian migrants over the past...

Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country's new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back...

A city in south-east China hit by COVID-19 told residents on Saturday (Sep 18) to stay home and closed various venues, as infections spread in...

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country, died on Friday (Sep 17) aged 84,...

The handful of demonstrators gathering each evening in Khabarovsk are a shadow of the masses who took part in an unusually sustained wave of protests...

France's foreign minister has accused Australia and the US of lying over a new security pact that prompted Paris to recall its ambassadors.In an interview...

France has said it is recalling its ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations, in protest at a security deal which also includes the...

Cambodia began vaccinating children aged between six and 11 on Friday (Sep 17) so that students can safely return to schools that have been closed...

The coronavirus has made it harder for authorities to respond to disasters caused by extreme weather fuelled by climate change, with more severe storms, floods...

A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation's first space station in China's longest mission yet....

She walked into the cafe wearing a face mask that read, “I’m not afraid, and don’t you be afraid.” A man in a leather jacket...

She walked into the cafe wearing a face mask that read, “I’m not afraid, and don’t you be afraid.” A man in a leather jacket...

President Joe Biden convenes world leaders on Friday for a discussion about intensifying efforts to tackle climate change, seeking to build momentum ahead of an...

The UK, US and Australia have announced a special security pact to share advanced defence technologies, in an effort to counter China.The partnership will enable...

A small cargo plane with three crew members on board crashed into a mountain in Indonesia's jungle-clad Papua region on Wednesday (Sep 15), police said....

American army officers who refuse to be vaccinated against the corona virus could be suspended from their duties and possibly discharged, the US Army said...

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, two days after the North claimed to have tested...

Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers that...

The main defendant in the November 2015 Paris attacks trial has sought to justify the murder of 130 people as retaliation for French military action...

The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in what was...

Spain's left-wing government has agreed emergency measures to cut spiralling energy bills as electricity prices climb to record levels.It aims to channel €2.6bn (£1.9bn; $3bn)...

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been banned from leaving the country amid an investigation into his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel...

After a semester online, Wang Ziwei looked forward to meeting classmates who are returning to campus at Washington University in St Louis. But the 23-year-old...

The painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's mother, has died at the age of 79, according to a notice published in The...

The Taliban on Tuesday thanked the world for pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan, and urged the United States to...

President Joe Biden will promote his administration's use of the Defense Production Act to aid in wildfire preparedness during a western swing in which he'll...

Will Canada's Liberal leader Justin Trudeau win a third term as prime minister or will Conservative leader Erin O'Toole ruin his plans. With a week...

It is dubbed Australia's "shadow pandemic", a worsening mental health crisis exacerbated by COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns aimed at suppressing the spread of the...

A 69-year-old man who went on trial for murdering his ex-wife at ITE College Central in Ang Mo Kio in 2018 was found guilty in...

North Korea said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how...

Reduced agricultural production, water scarcity, rising sea levels and other adverse effects of climate change could cause up to 216 million people to leave their...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this week set out his plans to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the winter months, announcing a decision to...

Japan and Vietnam share "the same destiny" and should boost defense cooperation for regional stability based on the rule of law, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi...

A 24-year-old Singaporean man was charged in court on Monday (Sep 13) after he was seen allegedly wakeboarding at a World War II memorial.Stephan Kovalkov...

Will Canada's Liberal leader Justin Trudeau win a third term as prime minister or will Conservative leader Erin O'Toole ruin his plans?With a week to...

The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the...

Several communities remain flooded and without power after a strong typhoon battered the Philippines' northernmost islands, the authorities said on Sunday (Sep 12), displacing thousands...

The daily life of unaccompanied Afghan refugee children in Qatar is punctuated by recurring questions, "where are we going?" and "can I have some chips".About...

French maritime officials rescued 126 migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain as tensions escalated over record arrivals on England's southern coast. At least...

President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Sep 11 attacks on the United States on Saturday with visits to each of the sites...

New Zealand has purchased 500,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Denmark, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday (Sep 12), as the country struggles...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth said today that her prayers remained with victims and survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and paid...

Relatives of people who died on 9/11 have read out victims' names, as the US marks 20 years since the deadliest terror attacks on its...

Germany's vaccine oversight body on Friday (Sep 10) recommended that women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should be vaccinated against COVID-19 with an mRNA-based shot....

Support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party has slipped behind the opposition Labor party to its lowest level since the 2019 national election,...

Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy. President...