A boat that capsized off the coast of Greece last week was carrying around 800 people, according to an initial investigation by police in Pakistan, which declared a national day of mourning yesterday.

Sudan is descending into death and destruction at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday as he urged donors to step in and curb the unfolding catastrophe.

Ukraine confirmed yesterday it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive in a heavily fortified part of the front line on the most direct route to the country’s Azov Sea coast.

Israeli commandoes backed by helicopter gunships killed five Palestinians including a teenager and wounded as many as 66 others as a raid in the West Bank led to an hours-long gunbattle with armed fighters, the military and health officials said

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today in Beijing that China had renewed promises not to send arms to Russia to fight in Ukraine, although he voiced concern at the actions of private Chinese firms

President Xi Jinping said the United States and China had "made progress" on a number of issues today as he hosted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in Beijing..Blinken's visit is the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years with ties severely strained

Clashes between farmers and herders killed at least 13 people in central Nigeria over the weekend, community leaders and local authorities told AFP on Sunday

The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, yesterday backed a new climate bill aimed at steering their country towards carbon neutrality by 2050.

Two people were killed and 28 are missing in major flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in eastern Nepal, authorities said yesterday.

Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers days after dozens of migrants drowned off the coast of Greece, officials said yesterday.

Thailand’s caretaker government was preparing to host talks with the foreign minister of Myanmar’s military junta today, a day later than planned, as key Southeast Asian nations signalled they would stay away from the divisive meeting.

Nato yesterday underlined the “unwavering” commitment of its KFOR peacekeeping force to its duties in Kosovo as tensions flare with pressure building on Serbia over the detention of three Kosovo police officers.

The start of a 72-hour ceasefire aimed at calming more than two months of conflict between rival Sudanese military factions brought a lull in clashes in Khartoum early yesterday following battles and air strikes overnight, residents said.

President Joe Biden on Saturday appealed to blue-collar workers to support his re-election quest and help him compel the richest Americans to pay more taxes.

Russia yesterday reported fierce fighting on three sections of the front line in Ukraine, a day after hosting an African peace mission that failed to spark enthusiasm from either Moscow or Kyiv.

Iraq yesterday unveiled a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works to recover from abroad antiquities looted from its territory.

Fresh off Donald Trump’s 37-count indictment, several top Republicans, including presidential contenders Mike Pence and Asa Hutchinson, criticised the former US president’s handling of classified information yesterday.

The number of people arriving in the UK in small boats has reached over 10,000 since the start of the year, UK government figures showed yesterday.

Malians voted yesterday on whether to back a draft constitution drawn up by the governing junta which has fuelled speculation that the country’s strongman ruler will seek election.

The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced that Monday will mark the first day of Dhu Al Hijjah, after sighting the crescent moon