Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told UN chief Antonio Guterres during a phone call that the "priority" should be to send Ukrainian grain to countries in greatest need, the Kremlin said.

Ten people were killed in a second day of air strikes on Ethiopia’s Tigray region yesterday, hospital officials said, in attacks that came after authorities there expressed readiness for a ceasefire.

An Israeli soldier and two Palestinians were killed in pre-dawn clashes yesterday near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, an area hit by waves of recent deadly unrest.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday promised “victory” on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv’s army in a lightning counter-offensive.

Free-speech advocates have described arrests of protestors following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II as "deeply concerning".

Two seemingly armed and desperate Lebanese depositors held up banks on Wednesday to force access to their own money, which has been blocked during a national financial meltdown.

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a series of proposals to curb the energy price spike that has rocked Europe in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while stressing that the EU's solidarity with Kyiv would be "unshakeable."

A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family.

An Israeli soldier and two Palestinians were killed in overnight clashes Wednesday near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the army and the Palestinian health ministry said.

Just over five million people viewed Queen Elizabeth's final flight on Tuesday, as the journey carrying the late monarch's body from Edinburgh to London became the most tracked flight in history.

Six people including children drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon destined for Italy sunk off the coast of southwestern Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said on Tuesday.

Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and the father of the French New Wave cinema, died “peacefully at home” yesterday aged 91, his family said.

Media dynasty drama “Succession” and feel-good comedy “Ted Lasso” took the top trophies at the Emmy awards on Monday, and a “Squid Game” actor landed a major acting prize as Hollywood handed out the highest honours in television.

The wall of dense gas and dust resembles a massive winged creature, its glowing maw lit by a bright star as it soars through cosmic filaments.

Armenia said yesterday that at least 49 soldiers had been killed in the worst clashes with Azerbaijan since their war two years ago, but Russia said it had convinced the historic rivals to agree to a rapid ceasefire.

The United States said yesterday it was setting up an outside, professionally-run fund to manage $3.5 billion in Afghanistan’s reserves, concluding it cannot

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will be flown to London yesterday at the end of 24 hours of lying at rest in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral, where her son King Charles and his three siblings held a silent vigil.

Syria’s simmering 11-year war is at risk of boiling up once again with a return to large-scale combat after several frontlines across the country flared up in

Russia yesterday said it was carrying out “massive strikes” across the Ukrainian front line as Kyiv said it aimed to liberate all of its territory after driving back Russian forces in the northeast of country in a rapid offensive.

The past seven years were the hottest on record.