The UN General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Thursday that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and demands the withdrawal of its forces, sending a strong message on the eve of the first anniversary of the invasion that Moscow’s aggression must end. The

Israel’s military said Thursday it carried out airstrikes against targets linked to Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip in response to a series of rockets fired hours earlier at Israeli territory. The Israeli Defense Forces said the airstrikes focused on a weapons manufacturing

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted the China-Tajikistan border early Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).  CENC said the quake occurred near the border between the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China and the mountainous

Israeli troops have killed at least 11 Palestinians and wounded dozens more during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say. Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops entered the old city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, sparking armed clashes with Palestinian

At least 48 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southeastern Brazil, authorities said Wednesday, updating the death toll as the search for dozens of missing entered the fourth day. "We currently have a toll of 48 victims. The number of

Russian lawmakers have taken the first step toward suspending the country's participation in the New START nuclear weapons treaty with parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, unanimously approving the move announced a day earlier by President Vladimir Putin. The treaty, the

King Charles III suggested Meghan Markle might "carry on working" as an actor as Prince Harry was preparing to propose, according to the Harry's book Spare. Harry and Meghan would later ask the royal family for the chance to start a new life in America while working

Shamima Begum is expected to find out if she has won an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship. Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in February 2015. Her British citizenship

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a warning to the West over Ukraine by suspending a landmark nucl­ear arms control treaty, announcing that new strategic systems had been put on combat duty, and threatening to resume nuclear tests. Alleging that the US was turning the

Rescuers in southeastern Brazil scrambled yesterday to find survivors among dozens of people still missing after record rainfalls caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 44 people over the weekend.  Some 680mm – more than double the expected monthly amount –

Iran imposed sanctions Tuesday on 36 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures against Tehran over its response to months-long protests. Tehran placed the names on its “sanction list for supporting terrorism and terrorist

The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday. Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck the Turkey-Syria border region, killing at least three people, two weeks after the area was devastated by quakes that killed more than 45,000 people. Monday’s quake hit the city of Defne in Hatay province at 8:04pm (17:04 GMT) and was

President Joe Biden slipped into Kyiv on Monday for the first time since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost a year ago, demonstrating in dramatic personal fashion his commitment to the country and its struggle as the war enters an uncertain new phase. The highly

North Korea has fired a pair of short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military, two days after Pyongyang resumed banned testing activities with an intercontinental ballistic missile launch. South Korea’s military said it

Turkey on Sunday said rescue efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake had ended in all but two provinces, as visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $100 million in fresh humanitarian aid. The 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck southeastern Turkey and

Authorities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo say at least 36 people have been killed in heavy flooding and landslides, forcing some cities to cancel annual Carnival celebrations. Video showed neighbourhoods under water, flooded motorways and debris left after houses were

A small plane with four people on board has crashed in central Philippines where rescuers were searching for survivors on Sunday, an aviation official said. The Cessna 340 aircraft went missing early Saturday morning shortly after departing for Manila from Bicol International Airport,

Syria's military says five people have died after what it alleged were Israeli missiles hit the capital Damascus and surrounding areas on Sunday. Officials said a building was hit in the central Kafr Sousa neighbourhood, killing four civilians and one soldier. The densely

The US has "formally determined" that Russia had committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine, US Vice-President Kamala Harris has said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Ms Harris accused Russia of "gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape and deportation"