President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday he's putting the final 15 million barrels on the market from a record release of US strategic oil reserves, with more releases possible if energy prices spike, a senior US official said. The new tranche of oil from the Strategic Petroleum

The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are counted to cap the election contest, the sixth in its 137-year-old history. The counting of the

Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical. Prosecutors say two people were killed in an attack on the capital. Plumes of

A rare one-man protest against Xi Jinping in Beijing has inspired solidarity protests around the world as China's party congress sits this week. Last Thursday, a man strung banners across a bridge in China's capital that accused Mr Xi of being a dictator. He was quickly

Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the status of the city should be resolved through peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said

The US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions. Kyiv was struck by so-called "kamikaze" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made. The US agrees with the French and British

At least 13 people, including three children, have been killed after a supersonic fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk, near the border with Ukraine, creating an inferno. Footage on social media showed a large fireball erupting from the

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed Monday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity. The by-election is the latest twist in months of political wrangling that

Voting for the Congress presidential elections is currently underway, news agency PTI reported. The polling process that began around 10 am will end at 4 pm.  The results are likely to be declared on October 19. The fate of the Congress party will be decided by over 9,000 Pradesh

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation have pushed some four million children into poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to the United Nations children agency. “Children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war

At least five explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv - with a presidential adviser blaming "kamizake drones" sent by Russia. "It shows their desperation," said Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Zelensky's office. Mayor Vitalii

China’s Communist Party has kicked off its twice-in-a-decade Congress, with President Xi Jinping calling for faster military growth, defending Beijing’s “zero-COVID” approach, and refusing to rule out the use of force to take Taiwan. The week-long meeting, which

At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia. The bus was travelling between the port city of Tumaco, in the southwestern corner of Colombia, and Cali, 320km (200 miles) to the northeast, when the incident

A huge fire has broken out amid clashes at Tehran’s Evin prison, where many of Iran’s political and dual-national detainees are held, according to officials and witnesses. State news agency IRNA said eight people were injured in Saturday’s unrest, which erupted after

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said a staggering three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet; the war in Ukraine has triggered surging food, fertilizer, and energy prices; and the most vulnerable are being battered by the pandemic, climate crisis, environmental degradation,

Pakistan on Saturday summoned the US ambassador for an explanation after President Joe Biden described the South Asian country as “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” and questioned its nuclear weapons safety protocols.   Biden made the apparently

Gunmen have killed 11 people in an attack at a Russian military training ground on Saturday. During a firearms training session, two men opened fire on a group who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine, state-owned news agency Ria reported. The attackers were from a former Soviet

The United States will send Ukraine an additional $725m package of weapons and other military assistance, the White House has said, as Washington added to a flurry of aid announcements from European allies this week amid Russia’s renewed missile attacks on Kyiv and other targets.

At least 28 people have died and dozens remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey's Bartin province. Around 110 people were in the mine at the time of the blast on Friday, almost half of them at over 300 metres deep. Turkey's health

China’s internet censors have removed virtually all references to reports of a rare protest in Beijing that involved banners denouncing President Xi Jinping and the country’s COVID-19 policies. Beijing was on high alert on Friday against any disruption to a landmark Chinese