The EU and India revived negotiations to forge a free trade agreement last year with the aim of completing talks by the end of 2023

A global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering today suspended Russia's membership for its "illegal, unprovoked and unjustified" full-scale military invasion of Ukraine while retaining Myanmar, Iran, and North Korea on its "black list".

Twelve minors yesterday filed a legal challenge with Austria’s top court accusing the government of failing to revise an “inadequate” climate protection law,

UN member states yesterday opened two weeks of negotiations aimed at finally reaching a treaty meant to protect and preserve vast areas of the world’s oceans.

The EU yesterday imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Myanmar’s energy minister, influential businessmen and high-ranking military officers, over an ongoing crackdown on opponents two years after a coup.

The US president met Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky on his first visit to the country since the conflict started

Russia yesterday scolded Emmanuel Macron over remarks about wanting to see Russia defeated, saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Friday about growing ties between China and Russia, urging countries that believe in “democracy and freedom” to stand together to counter authoritarian powers.

Ukraine’s Western backers yesterday urged allies to give Ukraine what it needs to beat Russia, with Nato’s chief warning of the risks of victory for Moscow, ahead of the anniversary of the war’s outbreak.

Several German airports said yesterday their websites were down due to suspected cyberattacks, the latest instance of online sabotage in the country.

During the first-ever pledging conference for education in emergencies and protracted crises, countries and other donors vowed yesterday to fund $826 million for Education Cannot Wait’s work for the next four years. The UN fund estimates that 222 million

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that despite a drop-off in cases

The vast majority of health claims used to advertise baby formula worldwide are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence

World oil demand is set to hit a record in 2023 as top consumer China emerges from Covid restrictions and air travel recovers from the pandemic, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.

Nicola Sturgeon quit as Scottish first minister yesterday, saying her dominance over her party and the country was no longer the asset it once was in the fight for an independent Scotland.

Russia has held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children - likely many more - in sites in Russian-held Crimea and Russia whose primary purpose appears to be political re-education, according to a US-backed report published on Tuesday.

The foreign ministers of five Western powers said yesterday they were “deeply troubled” by the Israeli government’s decision to legalise nine West Bank settlements and build thousands of new units.

Russian forces bombarded Ukrainian positions along the frontlines in eastern Donetsk region yesterday in what appeared to be early salvoes of a new offensive as Nato allies met in Brussels to plan stepped-up supplies to the Kyiv government.

Russia said yesterday its troops had pushed forward a few kilometres along the frontlines in Ukraine, while Kyiv said its forces had repelled Russian attacks in several areas.

Russian oil exports had increased 7.6 percent over 2022 compared to a year earlier