WASHINGTON, United States - Two people were killed in Oklahoma on Wednesday when tornadoes and severe weather ripped through the US state, local officials said. Emergency management authorities in the state's south-central McClain county confirmed the deaths in a Facebook post, adding that...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - EU lawmakers this week adopted new laws boosting Europe's climate change fight, but a parallel drive to protect biodiversity in bills to be finalised before the end of next year looks to be on shakier ground. Negotiations between the European Commission, EU member states...
SANAA, Yemen - Eight-five people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush during a charity handout in Yemen on Thursday. Here's what we know so far from one of the deadliest such incidents in the last 10 years worldwide: - Charity handout in school - The tragedy unfolded at a school in...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Explosions and gunfire resounded in Sudan's capital Thursday as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramadan. Over 300 people have been killed since the fighting erupted Saturday between forces...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed NATO to invite Ukraine to join the military alliance and send more fighter jets and long-range weapons. Zelensky was speaking during a visit to Kyiv by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg -- his first since the...
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday as fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives entered a fourth day, despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities. A weeks-long power struggle erupted into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of...
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died in Nepal while descending from the top of the treacherous Annapurna mountain range, officials said Tuesday. The 56-year-old adventurer was returning after a successful summit of the 8,091-metre (26,545-foot) peak when he...
MOSCOW, Russia - China's defence minister Li Shangfu said Tuesday his trip to Moscow was aimed at demonstrating Beijing's "determination" to strengthen strategic ties with Russia. The visit comes after President Vladimir Putin received Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month in Moscow for a...
MOSCOW, Russia - US reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared at a Moscow court on Tuesday, in the first partly open hearing since his arrest for alleged espionage, in a case that has drawn international condemnation. Wearing jeans and a blue checkered shirt, Gershkovich crossed his arms and smiled...
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday said he hoped Bern would drop its opposition to requests to send Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine to refill depleted stocks. "We know that Ukraine needs support with weapons and munitions and therefore there have been several requests...
KYIV, Ukraine - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin had visited two frontline regions in Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to brand it a tour of the scenes of Russian "crimes". Moscow portrayed the trip as a marker of its control in occupied Ukraine, but Russia does not fully hold...
MOSCOW, Russia - Moscow said on Tuesday it had summoned the US, British and Canadian ambassadors for "gross interference" in Russia's domestic affairs. Russia's foreign ministry did not say precisely why the envoys were called in, but Moscow already blasted them for their statement denouncing a...
