The “Doomsday Clock” symbolizing the perils to humanity moved its closest ever to midnight yesterday amid the Ukraine war, nuclear tensions and the climate crisis.

A suspected gunman was in custody Monday over the killing of seven people in a rural community in northern California, just two days after a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration near Los Angeles.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday she was grateful for her time in office, insisting that a sustained barrage of online abuse was not the reason for her shock resignation.

Documents marked as classified were discovered at former US Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, his representative said in letters seen by Reuters.

Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us.

Documents marked as classified were discovered at former US Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, his representative said in letters seen by Reuters.

Jacinda Ardern today bid an emotional farewell on her last day as prime minister, speaking of the kindness and empathy New Zealanders have shown her, but said she was ready to be a sister and a mother..Days after stunning the world by announcing she had "no more in the tank" to lead the co

A group of people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing their country's military of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, a rights organisation said today.

Four more members of the far-right Oath Keepers were found guilty on Monday of seditious conspiracy for taking part in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, in another big win for federal prosecutors.

The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme..President Joe Biden nominated Julie Turner, a lon

Seven people have been killed and one critically injured in two shootings in Half Moon Bay in northern California, US media reported..There was no immediate official confirmation of the toll from authorities, but San Mateo County Sheriff said on Twitter it was dealing with an incident..

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday ordered an investigation into a wealthy ally’s murky tax dealings as he again vowed “integrity” in his government after Boris Johnson’s scandal-plagued tenure.

The motive for a shooting that killed 10 people celebrating Lunar New Year in California remained unclear yesterday, the day after the alleged gunman shot himself dead as police moved to arrest him.

Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) yesterday accused Ukraine of storing Western-supplied arms at nuclear power stations across the country.

The Lebanese judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has resumed his work, a judicial official said yesterday, after a 13-month suspension due to political pressure.

The World Health Organization yesterday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people facing health emergencies around the world.

Human Rights Watch charged yesterday that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into “another Gaza,” cutting residents off from the outside world.

The EU yesterday placed 37 more Iranian officials and entities on an asset-freeze and visa-ban blacklist over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, officials said.

Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic integration, including the development of a common currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez said in a joint article they penned.