The past seven years were the hottest on record.

Ukraine on Tuesday vowed to liberate all its territory after driving back Russian forces in the northeast of country and raising flags over battle-scarred towns, calling on the West to speed up deliveries of weapons to back the dramatic advance.

Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Makkah to perform an Umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

The Los Angeles Department of Public Health said on Monday it had confirmed the area's first death due to monkeypox, saying the individual was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalised.

Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said yesterday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years.

Ukrainian forces swept deeper into territory seized from fleeing Russian troops yesterday, as joyful residents returned to former frontline villages and Moscow grappled with the consequences of the collapse of its occupation force in northeastern Ukraine.

Sweden yesterday began a days-long wait for the final results of its too-close-to-call general election, with an unprecedented right-wing and far-right bloc in position to wrest power from Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats.

The fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria has saved 50 million lives over the past 20 years, the Global Fund said yesterday, appealing for $18 billion to save millions more.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday that Iran has failed to agree to proposals from European countries on reviving a deal on restricting its nuclear programme, warning this would put any accord out of reach “in the near future”.

King Charles called Britain’s parliament the “living and breathing instrument of our democracy” and pledged to follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth’s example in maintaining its independence in an address to both chambers yesterday.

The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday upon releasing its modern slavery report.

Archaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8-million-year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human which they say cements the region as the home of one of the earliest prehistoric human settlements in Europe, possibly anywhere outside Africa.

King Charles III was officially named monarch in Australia and New Zealand yesterday, in tandem ceremonies marking his ascension to the throne.

A Palestinian succumbed to his wounds yesterday, five days after being shot by the Israeli army during a home demolition in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Ukraine said yesterday that its forces were pushing back Russia’s military from strategic holdouts in the east of the country after Moscow announced a retreat from Kyiv’s sweeping counter-offensive.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday described as “unconstructive” and “regrettable” a joint statement issued by Germany, France and Britain about negotiations aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal.

Amid the grief over Elizabeth II’s death, personal anecdotes have emerged about meetings with the late queen, highlighting her keen sense of duty -- and humour. Here are a few anecdotes which has been widely reshared.

Queen Elizabeth II’s death could help start a reconciliation between Prince Harry and wife Meghan and the rest of the royal family, after a reported rift and their relocation to the United States.

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday said that developing nations were paying a “horrific price” for the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods blamed on climate change.