The World Food Programme said yesterday that shrinking funding was forcing it to drastically slash rations in many operations, warning that 24 million more people risked being pushed to the brink of starvation.

Philippines Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court yesterday, in another legal victory for the embattled journalist and for press freedom in the Southeast Asian country.

The Mexico-United States border was the world’s most dangerous land route for migrants in 2022, with nearly 700 dying or going missing, the United Nations migration agency said yesterday.

Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy today called for an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden, a move certain to further divide lawmakers as they struggle to pass legislation to avoid a government shutdown..Many in McCarthy's party were infuriate

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the Philippine islands region today

At least 10,000 people were feared missing in Libya on Tuesday in floods caused by a huge storm, which burst dams, swept away buildings and wiped out as much as a quarter of the eastern city of Derna

China said on Tuesday it was seeking to deepen cooperation with North Korea in "various fields", as leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on his first trip overseas in four years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday described legal proceedings against former president Donald Trump as "politically motivated persecution".

North Korea's Kim Jong Un is in Russia on a rare overseas visit Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, as Washington warns of a possible arms deal for Moscow's war in Ukraine

"It is equipped with attack weapons and a helicopter for escape in case of emergency."

The streets of Sao Lorenco de Bairro in Portugal were painted red on Sunday after two tanks owned by a winery exploded, spilling 2.2 million litres of red wine into the small town

Philippines Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court on Tuesday, in another legal victory for the embattled journalist and for press freedom in the Southeast Asian country

President Joe Biden called Monday for Americans to unite despite bitter political differences as the United States marked the 22nd anniversary of Al-Qaeda's 9/11 attacks

When a wildfire erupted in the middle of a recent California night, it could have been a disaster

North Korea's Kim Jong Un was in Russia on a rare overseas visit Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, sparking warnings from Washington over a possible arms deal for Moscow's war in Ukraine

A train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entered Russia, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti said Tuesday, ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian forces have regained control from Russia of several gas and oil offshore drilling platforms close to Crimea, Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) said yesterday.

Rescuers yesterday searched villages reduced to rubble for any survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades, in a desperate race against time as the death toll rose to 2,681 and the scale of destruction became clearer.

A powerful storm and heavy floods have killed 150 people in the eastern Libyan city of Derna over the last two days and the death toll is expected to rise to 250, the head of the Red Crescent in Benghazi said yesterday.

The United States and Vietnam yesterday warned against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels.