South Africa’s Constitutional Court gave former South African president Jacob Zuma a 15-month jail term on June 29 for refusing...

“Most of all,” Biden said in a statement, “I want to thank these brave Afghans for standing with the United...

Record-smashing heatwaves, floods and drought across three continents in recent weeks - all amplified by global warming - have added...

Tanzania, Eritrea and Burundi were the only countries on the continent yet to begin vaccinating their citizens against COVID-19.

"Adding gaming allows them to suck up more of people's time and become further embedded within their customers' daily habits."

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the voyage on July 11, narrowly beating the Amazon magnate in their battle of...

Among the numbers found on the list were two belonging to women close to Saudi-born journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was...

Militants in the Palestinian territory had again set off incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the Israeli army says.

Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause as Assembly President Volkan Bozkir announced Guterres’ re-election by “acclamation,” without a...

The new system applies to COVID-19 variants of concern -- the most troubling of which four are in circulation --...

The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund said it had released $18.5 million for humanitarian efforts.

Palestinian militants have fired some 1,800 rockets while the Israeli military has launched more than 600 airstrikes.

The former chairman of the Bin Laden Group, Saudi Arabia's biggest construction company, was reunited last week with his family.

"The UK is deeply concerned by the growing violence and civilian casualties and we want to see an urgent de-escalation...

The report says ''a series of bad decisions meant COVID-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so...

The rebels have threatened to march on N'Djamena.

Determining how the virus that causes COVID-19 first began spreading among humans is seen as vital to preventing future outbreaks.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, several studies have pointed to the disproportionate impact of the pandemic...

London ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn has broken ranks with the Myanmar junta in recent weeks.

The civilian death toll from the military's crackdown in Myanmar has now passed 520.

A range of studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on women.

At least 38 protesters were killed on Sunday as security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters, taking the total death...

The arrest of Sonko, popular with young people in Senegal and seen as a key challenger to President Macky Sall,...

Myanmar's generals have long shrugged off outside pressure.

More than 1,500 candidates are vying for the votes of roughly seven million people in a contest for the 255-seat...