"Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed that it is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy"

Security analysts fear that the Ukraine-Russia war could intensify in the coming days, pushing the whole world into further trouble, unless there are serious peace initiatives to stop the war that began a year ago.

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday he will visit China in early April, in part to seek Chinese help with ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The fact that China engages in peace efforts is a good thing,” Macron told reporters at an

An Iranian general warned his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassinating top commander Qasem Soleimani. Tehran has repeatedly vowed to avenge the killing of

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet next week with his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia, on the heels of a flare-up in tensions with China.

Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, as the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000.

Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los Angeles, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.

G7 leaders issued a stern warning to any country abetting Russia’s war in Ukraine, as G20 finance ministers, facing objections from China, again failed yesterday to agree on a joint statement on the global economy.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Central Turkey yesterday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.

The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil’s southeastern Sao Paulo state have reached 57 people, official figures showed. Massive downpours have caused landslides and flooding in coastal towns of Brazil’s richest state since

G20 finance ministers again failed Saturday to agree a joint statement on the global economy at talks in India, after China sought to water down references to the Ukraine war.

An Iranian general warned his country is still seeking to kill former US president Donald Trump and his secretary of state Mike Pompeo in revenge for assassinating top commander Qasem Soleimani.

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

The mountainous region of Tikjda is a popular holiday destination for Algerians, who have flocked there in large numbers after the heavy snowfall of recent weeks

Thirty-two countries including Bangladesh, India, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka abstained from voting

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit in the east of mountainous ex-Soviet Tajikistan yesterday without producing victims or damage, officials said.

Israel launched air strikes on Gaza in return for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave yesterday, a day after the deadliest Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday offered fresh criticism of Russia’s suspension of a key nuclear treaty, but stressed there was no indication Moscow was moving closer to actually using an atomic weapon.

Brazilian authorities said Thursday evening that the death toll from floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the country’s southeast had risen to at least 50, with emergency workers continuing to dig through the wreckage.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Wednesday as the General Assembly met in a special session two days before the anniversary of Moscow’s attack.