Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organization.

Srettha Thavasin, an opposition leader in Thailand, yesterday urged holdout parties to join an alliance with election winners to block defeated military-backed parties from forming a minority government.

The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party yesterday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader Rached Ghannouchi, calling it an “unjust political verdict”.

The United States said Monday that Iran and Russia are “expanding their unprecedented defense partnership,” as Moscow ramps up ties with Tehran after being hit with Western sanctions.

Ukraine said yesterday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable.

Air strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan’s capital early yesterday, residents said, as the army sought to defend key bases from paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for more than a month.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for peaceful settlement of the Palestinian crisis on the basis of international law and UN resolutions, and for the achievement of an end to the Israeli occupation.

The UAE has emerged as the world's most powerful passport, according to Nomad Passport Ranking Index 2023

A large number of Rohingyas were killed in Myanmar when Cyclone Mocha struck at the weekend, residents, a relief group and a media outlet said yesterday

At least six people have been killed in a fire that tore through a four-storey hostel in the early hours of Tuesday in New Zealand's capital

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee yesterday said her party will support the Congress where it is strong in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Thailand’s Move Forward party announced yesterday that it had sufficient votes to form a coalition government but a military-appointed Senate, the party’s position on a royal insult law and a complaint against its leader may stand in the way.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday emerged from his toughest election test unbowed and in a strong position to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted rule by another five years in a historic May 28 runoff.

The Sudanese army yesterday carried out air strikes along the River Nile in the north of the capital Khartoum as it fought to push back its paramilitary rivals after a month of warfare, witnesses said.

Cambodia’s election body yesterday refused to register the main opposition party and chief challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen for upcoming national elections.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to Britain today won the promise of "hundreds" more missiles and drones -- and said his coveted goal of enlisting Western fighter jets was drawing nearer.

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the army saying it returned fire after being shot at.

A Russian missile strike killed four people and hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine, officials said today, as President Volodymyr Zelensky won the promise of "hundreds" more missiles and drones on a visit to Britain.

A university professor from the United States broke the world record for the longest time living underwater over the weekend, and he is set to continue with his subaquatic lifestyle for the next few weeks

At least 13 people were killed when a passenger van and a semi-truck collided on a highway in northeastern Mexico on Sunday, local authorities said