US President Joe Biden appealed Thursday for a united front against hate-crimes and political violence in a speech building on his bid to present himself as champion of moderate values at a time of rising extremism.

Stock markets fell further yesterday as weak UK retail sales data and a dire warning from global shipping giant FedEx fuelled fears of recession.

Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient microbes that scientists are eager to confirm when the rock samples are eventually brought to Earth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping yesterday called for a shake-up of the world order as they met with Asian leaders for a summit challenging Western influence.

A US judge on Thursday named an independent arbiter to sort through thousands of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Florida estate and determine if any of them are protected by executive privilege.

The leaders of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan met yesterday and ordered their forces to withdraw after deadly clashes along their disputed border raised fears of all-out conflict between the Central Asian nations.

Ukrainian investigators descended on a pine forest outside the recaptured town of Izyum yesterday and began pulling hundreds of hastily buried bodies from the sandy soil.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (September 16, 2022) met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Uzbek city of Samarkand for the first time since Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February and told him that it is not an era of war.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SC) countries, which include Pakistan, to give land transit access to each other for boosting connectivity for ensuring resilient supply chains for the region in a post-Covid-19 world.

A US judge on Thursday refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation, siding with the former president.

Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave containing 440 bodies in the northeastern town of Izium that was recaptured from Russian forces days ago, officials said, including some people killed by shelling and air strikes.

The Vatican told China that Pope Francis was willing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping while both leaders where in the Kazakh capital but China said there was not enough time, a Vatican source said on Thursday.

Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are fortifying their defences and it will be hard for Kyiv’s troops to repeat the rapid success of their recent lightning counter offensive, a senior regional Ukrainian official warned yesterday.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them “stronger”.

A Palestinian teenager was shot to the head yesterday during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Uday Salah, 17, was killed in Kafr Dan,

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee took the first step Wednesday toward the United States directly providing billions of dollars in military aid to Taiwan and making ties more official, ramping up support following.

The UN chief has made an urgent appeal to world leaders to act on climate change and “lower the temperature” so as not to “drown” the world, after visiting flood-hit Pakistan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping yesterday met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he understood that Xi Jinping had questions and concern about the situation in Ukraine but praised China's leader for what he said was a "balanced" position on the conflict.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to hold one-to-one talks with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders gathered in London before Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday, The Times reported on Thursday.