GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations slammed Tuesday the Myanmar junta's "unfathomable" decision to suspend travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach more than a million people in cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state. Cyclone Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometres...
WASHINGTON, United States - Nine people were shot and injured and a suspect put in custody in the US city of Denver, police said early Tuesday, after a shooting near the arena where the Nuggets won their first NBA title. Three victims were in critical condition and the others sustaining...
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom - Police arrested a man Tuesday after three people were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in the central English city of Nottingham in incidents authorities believe are linked. Nottingham's centre was cordoned off, with a heavy police presence,...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian missile strikes on the hometown of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky killed 11 people early Tuesday, as Moscow said it had captured Western armoured vehicles from Kyiv's forces. The strikes overnight hit multiple sites and smashed into a five-storey apartment...
CHAMPAGNE, France - France will bring home production of around 50 crucial medications for which it currently depends on imports, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, hoping to battle shortages of items like antibiotics and paracetamol. Of the initial slate of drugs with a "clear...
ROME, Italy - Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, died Monday aged 86. The billionaire media mogul was admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The world's nuclear powers, and China in particular, increased investment in their arsenals for a third consecutive year in 2022 amid swelling geopolitical tensions, two reports showed Monday. The world's nine nuclear-armed states jointly spent $82.9 billion on their...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday said it has continued indirect negotiations with the Unites States through the Sultanate of Oman over its nuclear deal and a possible prisoner swap. Iran's nuclear programme has long been the subject of scrutiny from Western powers, resulting in sanctions that...
BERLIN, Germany - NATO began its largest ever air force deployment exercise in Europe on Monday, in a display of unity toward partners and potential threats such as Russia. The German-led "Air Defender 23" will include some 250 military aircraft from 25 NATO and partner countries including...
PARIS, France - The United States plans to rejoin UNESCO from July this year, ending a lengthy dispute that saw Washington end its membership in 2018, the UN cultural agency announced on Monday. "It is a strong act of confidence in UNESCO and in multilateralism," said its director general Audrey...
WASHINGTON, United States -- An expected El Nino climate phenomenon has arrived, raising fears of extreme weather and temperature records, scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Marked by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central and...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president's most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperil his bid for a second White House term. "The corrupt Biden...
