The United States will ask the UN Security Council today to back a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an Israel-Hamas hostage deal

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence that encourages countries to safeguard human rights, protect personal data, and monitor AI for risks

The United States has circulated for the first time a draft UN resolution calling for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as warnings grow of famine in besieged Gaza.

Support for Britain’s ruling Conservatives has plunged to a level last seen during former leader Liz Truss’s brief premiership, according to a YouGov poll released yesterday.

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar early yesterday has reached at least 20 people, a source at a major hospital in the southern city told AFP.

The US government recognises Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and “strongly opposes” any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims in the northeastern Indian state that shares a border with China, the US State Department said on Wednesday.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.

India’s opposition said yesterday that the government’s freezing of its bank accounts has left it with no money to fight the heavily funded ruling party in marathon general elections that begin next month.

Satellite images analysed by the United Nations Satellite Centre show that 35 percent of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the Israel offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

Russia staged its largest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and the surrounding region yesterday, injuring at least 17 people and damaging schools, residential buildings and industrial facilities, officials said.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said today that at least 31,988 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of Israel's invasion in Palestine

Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean heat and shrinking sea ice

Australia will begin enforcing tougher visa rules for foreign students this week as official data showed migration hit another record high, which is likely to further exacerbate an already tight rental market

The United States submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an "immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages" in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said

The head of the India unit of terror group ISIS and one of his associates were arrested in north eastern state of Assam's Dhubri district yesterday, a spokesman of the police said

The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed

Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland's prime minister and the leader of the governing Fine Gael party, in a surprise move, citing "personal and political" reasons

Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly's office confirmed Wednesday, a decision that has drawn the ire of Israeli leaders facing growing international scrutiny over the war in the Gaza Strip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on a Middle East mission yesterday as strain showed in the relationship between President Joe Biden’s administration and the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Indonesian fishermen yesterday rescued dozens of Rohingya people after high tides capsized their boat in waters off the province of Aceh, a regional fishing chief said.