Scientists in the United States have detected the highest levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere since records began, sounding new alarm over the relentless rise of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo it was time for Moscow and Washington to put aside years of mistrust and find a way to work together constructively.

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives have fallen to fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European

Gunmen killed a priest and five parishioners during mass Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso, security sources and a local official said.

Swedish prosecutors said yesterday they were reopening a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hoping to bring him to justice before the statute of limitations expires in August 2020.

The European Union’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said yesterday they would continue to support the nuclear pact because Iran continued to comply with inspections.

Around 180 governments on Friday agreed on a new UN accord to regulate the export of plastic waste, some eight million tonnes of which ends up in the oceans each year, organisers said. The 1,400 representatives, meeting in Geneva reached the agreement after 12 days’ discussion on what Rolph Payet, Executive

Britain, France, the United States and eight other countries at the UN Security Council warned Friday of a potential humanitarian catastrophe from an all-out assault in Syria’s Idlib region, in a statement opposed by Russia.

Britain's young royals, brothers Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives Kate and Meghan, have launched a new phone messaging service to help people suffering a mental health crisis.

The Russia probe plunged Washington into turmoil Wednesday as Donald Trump’s son reportedly was ordered to testify before a Senate panel and the White House refused to release material on investigations into the president.

Pope Francis yesterday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical paedophilia scandal.

In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st-century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity, cleaning the air of harmful emissions that cause global warming.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to visit Russia for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov next week, Moscow said

Former “Baywatch” star and now animal rights campaigner Pamela Anderson spoke emotionally after meeting WikiLeaks founder Julian

Thrilled Britons bet on baby names and congratulations poured in yesterday after Prince Harry and Meghan welcomed the royal family’s first known mixed-race member.

Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an “unprecedented” one million species at risk

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, gave birth to a boy, Harry announces.

Pope Francis urged Bulgarians to open their hearts and doors to refugees as he began a visit to the European Union’s poorest country,

Seven Venezuelan military officers were killed Saturday when their helicopter crashed outside Caracas, President Nicolas Maduro said.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged his troops Saturday to be “ready” for potential US military action, as a limited number of