The European Union’s two top officials handling troublesome Brexit talks yesterday warned the risk of a no-deal exit looms large unless Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government swiftly offers concrete proposals.

Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday called for action, not praise, from US lawmakers as she joined other youth leaders in kicking off two days of meetings and speeches on Washington’s Capitol Hill.

Europe and North America have absorbed the largest share of the world’s 272 million migrants, a population that has grown by 23 percent over the past decade, according to a UN report published Tuesday.

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International’s

A Bangladeshi man who found a wallet containing €2,000 ($2200) in cash on the street in Rome reportedly refuses a reward after returning it to its owner.

Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in

A cyclist died in Australia on Sunday after being startled by a swooping magpie, a native Australian bird that gets aggressive in the spring

Venezuela’s opposition said on Sunday a dialogue mediated by Norway’s Foreign Ministry to try to resolve the country’s political crisis

A Hong Kong lawmaker yesterday called on the UN to launch an international investigation into a police crackdown on pro-democracy

Britain has still not proposed any workable alternatives to the Northern Ireland “backstop” provisions of its Brexit withdrawal

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the comic book character The Incredible Hulk in a newspaper interview where he stressed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct 31.

Former British prime minister David Cameron, who took the decision in 2016 to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union, said another vote may be needed to resolve the Brexit impasse.

The British government faces a backlash after it was forced to publish documents warning that a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicines.

Britain has never apologised for the 1919 massacre at Amritsar in India but the head of the Church of England prostrated himself to say sorry in a personal capacity and “in the name of Christ”.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a fresh blow yesterday when a Scottish court ruled that his controversial decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful.

Scotland's appeal court declares British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament "unlawful", in a case brought by lawmakers and set to be appealed by the government.

A pair of heat waves in France have been linked to the deaths of 1,435 people this summer by the country’s health ministry. Two bouts

The acting head of the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday called on Iran to “respond promptly” to the agency’s questions regarding Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Across the world, one person takes their own life every 40 seconds, and more people die by suicide every year than in war, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

Pro-Kremlin candidates suffered major losses in a Moscow city election, results showed yesterday, following a police crackdown on a wave of anti-government protests over the summer.