More than 650,000 people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi as the national weather service warned of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact from the storm.

Developing countries, excluding China, will need $1 trillion a year by 2030 in outside help to reduce their carbon footprint and adapt to a warming planet, according to UN-commissioned experts.

Trump, who has both vowed a strong military and to end or avoid wars, promised "peace through strength" in announcements of several key nominees, with Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio also using the phrase.

A military statement shortly before midnight said Hezbollah had fired around 80 projectiles at the country Saturday.

After shaking hands to begin their meeting, Xi noted that Beijing's goals for stable ties with Washington remained unchanged

Questions -- and, for some, outrage -- intensified over several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, as Washington awaits announcements for more major positions, including the FBI and Treasury chiefs.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet for the last time Saturday

A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on Saturday was intensifying and could have a “potentially catastrophic” impact, the state weather forecaster warned, with millions of people at risk from storm surges.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman yesterday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported.

Separatists fired on a paramilitary border post in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, killing seven soldiers, local authorities said yesterday, a week after the same militant group killed 26 people at a railway station.

A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said yesterday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine.

An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means”, as both countries prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon yesterday, a day after Lebanese government officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.

Russia yesterday unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months, firing 120 missiles and 90 drones in a sweeping attack that killed at least nine people and caused “severe damage” to the power system, officials said.

Curfew was imposed today as protesters stormed the residences of two ministers and three lawmakers in the strife-torn north eastern Indian state of Manipur's Imphal West district after a fresh round of violence, police said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today said that Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through "diplomatic means", as both countries prepare for Donald Trump's return to the White House..February 2025 would mark the third anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine

Developing countries that are least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions want an annual commitment of US$1.3 trillion

No injuries were reported. Law enforcement authorities have been notified and the plane has been removed from service

For more than a year, the United States has steadfastly backed Israel in its Gaza war while quietly counseling restraint. With Donald Trump's return, the nuance will vanish, although his hunger for deal-making makes him less predictable