Iran’s imprisoned women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters.

Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread.

Russia unleashed new air strikes on Ukraine early yesterday, killing a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother in the city of Kharkiv and damaging grain and port infrastructure in the Odesa region in the south, Ukrainian officials said.

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Mohammadi was honoured "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."

Weather disasters fueled by climate change -- from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires -- sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children's Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention paid to victims..In a sweeping report on the issue, the United Na

The Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded today could go to women's rights campaigners, climate activists or international courts investigating war crimes, with experts saying the field is wide open

Last month was the hottest September on record by an “extraordinary” margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said yesterday.

New York Attorney General Letitia James hit back at Donald Trump on Wednesday over his virulent attacks on the $250 million civil fraud suit she brought against him, saying she will “not be bullied.”

Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,” the award-giving body said yesterday.

A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine yesterday, killing at least 51 people as they held a memorial service, Ukrainian officials said.

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the Israeli army confirmed its soldiers had been engaged in a shootout.

Western governments on Wednesday expressed concern after an alleged assault by Iranian security forces had reportedly left a teenager in a coma, with Germany’s top diplomat dubbing the incident “intolerable”.

Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP.

More than 60 people were killed yesterday in a drone attack on a military academy in Syria’s Homs, a war monitor said, revising a previous toll.

At least two houses were torched in Manipur’s Imphal West district on Wednesday night in a fresh outbreak of violence.

The United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF) has pulled in $9.3 billion in pledges from 25 countries to help vulnerable countries cope with climate change, the fund’s facilitator said yesterday.

India’s external affairs ministry yesterday said that India asked Canada to downsize its diplomatic presence in New Delhi as it wants to achieve “parity” with Ottawa, adding that “discussions on the matter are under way”.

The Biden administration today quietly announced plans to add to the border wall with Mexico -- extending construction of the barrier that was a signature policy of Donald Trump

At least 18 people were killed and nearly 100 were missing today after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks