Indian international students in the US outnumber Chinese for the first time in 15 years
November 20, 2024
The Danish military said on Wednesday that it was staying close to a Chinese ship currently sitting idle in Danish waters, days after two fibre-optic data
November 20, 2024
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Pope Francis to use his influence with Christian governments to stop war in the Middle East, semi-official Fars news agency reported on
November 20, 2024
Indonesia is optimistic it can reach net zero emissions before 2050, a decade earlier than previously targeted, President Prabowo Subianto told a G20 forum, Prabowo also said
November 20, 2024
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan opposes a U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack inside Russia, saying it would further enflame the conflict,
November 20, 2024
Cuban farmer Leonardo Abreu clambered over fallen banana plants in a field beside his home, taking stock of the wreckage two weeks after Category 3 Hurricane
November 20, 2024
A court in Pakistan granted bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a case relating to the illegal sale of state gifts, his party said on Wednesday.
November 20, 2024
An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change
November 20, 2024
A new study says human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 mph stronger in the last six years
November 20, 2024
Every hurricane this season was turbocharged and made more intense than it should have been, study finds
November 20, 2024
President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday cited the central bank's year-end inflation forecast of 44% and said Turkey will not let inflation crush people when asked about an expected
November 20, 2024
At least 50 Boko Haram fighters were killed on Tuesday and seven members of Nigeria's infrastructure security force were missing following an insurgent ambush on a
November 20, 2024
Can the sporty be Godly? Why the Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence
November 20, 2024
Uruguayan center-left opposition leader Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up in a dictatorship, is the
November 20, 2024
Russia transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion and two brown bears, to a zoo in the North Korean capital Pyongyang from Moscow's zoo, the Russian government said
November 20, 2024
Russia’s upper house of parliament has endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal
November 20, 2024
China has overtaken Germany in the use of robots in industry, an annual report published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) showed on Wednesday, underscoring the
November 20, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks.
November 20, 2024
Officials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year
November 20, 2024
Russia will retaliate against NATO countries that facilitate long-range missile strikes against Russian territory by Ukraine, foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an
November 20, 2024
The U.S. defense chief says the Biden administration will give Ukraine antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield advances
November 20, 2024
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, 76, testified in court for the first time on Wednesday in his landmark
November 20, 2024
Large protests have been held in Greece as part of a 24-hour nationwide general strike called by labor unions timed to coincide with the government submitting its 2025 budget to Parliament
November 20, 2024
United Nations agencies are trying to unlock key climate financing for Afghanistan, one of the world's most vulnerable countries to
November 20, 2024
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday dismissed President Vladimir Putin's decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear strike as just "rhetoric".
November 20, 2024
Russian farmers say they will sow less wheat after heavy losses this year, switching to more profitable crops such as peas, lentils,
November 20, 2024
A major storm was sweeping across the U.S. Northwest, battering the region with strong winds and rain
November 20, 2024
A veteran Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya at the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail
November 20, 2024
This year, Russian missile attacks have knocked out about 50% of Ukraine's power generation, a major threat as winter looms
November 20, 2024
The United States said it had reopened its embassy in Kyiv late on Wednesday after it had shut for the day due to what it called
November 20, 2024
Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon
November 20, 2024
South Korea's spy agency says that North Korea has recently supplied additional artillery systems to Russia to support its war efforts against Ukraine
November 20, 2024
Vigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year
November 20, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian peer Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday upgraded the status of diplomatic relations and
November 20, 2024
Women's health advocates in Africa are worried that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will again invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that cuts off U.S. government funding for groups that offer abortion-related services
November 20, 2024
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface
November 20, 2024
Biden administration approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine in another major policy shift
November 20, 2024
Around 10,900 North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk as part of Russia's airborne unit and marines, with some already participating in battles in
November 20, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says a deal has been reached for Indonesia to send back a Filipino death-row drug convict, who was nearly executed by firing squad but got a reprieve due to years of pleadings from Manila
November 20, 2024
A special hotline in place to deflate crises between the Kremlin and the White House is not currently being used, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, as nuclear risks rise amid
November 20, 2024
The disputed region of India that bakes bread to rival France
November 20, 2024
President Joe Biden has approved provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a U.S. official told Reuters, a step that could help slow Russian advances in its east, especially when
November 20, 2024
Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday after U.S. crude and gasoline stocks rose by more than expected last week, but losses were capped by worries about the
November 20, 2024
Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti’s capital, citing police threats
November 20, 2024
A Philippine woman spared execution in Indonesia on charges of drug trafficking in 2015 will return home after years of
November 20, 2024
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Russia had to take steps to protect itself, after being asked about Russia lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike, adding
November 20, 2024
Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her
November 20, 2024
Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is testifying in his defense at his landmark national security trial
November 20, 2024
Hong Kong hears from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years at his trial
November 20, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed regret that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him during meetings of Southeast Asian defense chiefs in Laos, calling it a setback for the entire region
November 20, 2024
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that it is stopping operations across the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and its wider metropolitan area due to an escalation in
November 19, 2024
Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula
November 19, 2024
Texas is offering 1,402 acres (567 hectares) of land along the border with Mexico to the incoming Trump administration to lease as part of a plan for the mass deportation of immigrants,
November 19, 2024
More than two dozen suspected gang members were killed in Haiti's capital on Tuesday after residents joined police to fight off an
November 19, 2024
A Peruvian court on Tuesday ordered President Dina Boluarte's brother be held for up to three years as he is investigated over alleged influence peddling, bribery and
November 19, 2024
Stealth fighters and a massive mothership drone: The high-tech weapons China unveiled at its largest airshow
November 19, 2024
The Biden administration says a U.S.-Israel panel to look into reports of civilian harm from the war in Gaza will meet for the first time in early December
November 19, 2024
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey refused to allow Israeli President Isaac Herzog to use its airspace to attend the COP climate summit in Azerbaijan,
November 19, 2024
US recognizes Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as president-elect
November 19, 2024
A congressional panel has recommended that the U.S. toughen its trade relationship with Beijing
November 19, 2024
Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are eating into U.S. stockpiles of air defenses, the top U.S. admiral overseeing American forces in the Asia-Pacific region said on
November 19, 2024
Israel issues more than 1,000 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox draft avoiders
November 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of State has approved the potential $100 million sale of military equipment and services to Ukraine, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday.
November 19, 2024
European delegates at the G20 summit in Brazil were unhappy with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's decision to
November 19, 2024
Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will hold talks in early December in the first meeting of a new channel requested by Washington to raise
November 19, 2024
As world leaders at the G20 summit in Brazil are bracing for the return of U.S.
November 19, 2024
The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons
November 19, 2024
The U.S. government has recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “president-elect” of the South American country, months after President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won the July election
November 19, 2024
Croatia's prime minister says the European Union country will hold a presidential election on Dec. 29
November 19, 2024
Australia and Turkey are in a standoff over which country is better suited to host United Nations climate change talks in 2026, with
November 19, 2024
An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death
November 19, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Gaza on Tuesday that Hamas would not rule the Palestinian enclave after the war had ended and that Israel had
November 19, 2024
Biden’s major missile reversal complicates potential western diplomatic thaw with Moscow
November 19, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he regretted the fact the G20 communique did not underscore Russia's responsibility for the Ukraine war, particularly on the
November 19, 2024
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he spoke with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi about expanding scientific and business trade between both countries
November 19, 2024
Biden fades from view as he exits the world stage
November 19, 2024
President Joe Biden is making an urgent appeal to fellow world leaders to surge money to developing nations to curb climate change as he wraps up his final appearance at a major international summit
November 19, 2024
French farmers held a second day of protests on Tuesday over EU-Mercosur trade talks, with the hardline Coordination Rurale union dumping Spanish wine and blocking official buildings
November 19, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he would not be deterred from supporting Ukraine by "irresponsible" Russian rhetoric, after Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the
November 19, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal
November 19, 2024
China rebuffs meeting with US defense secretary
November 19, 2024
South Africa will use its G20 presidency to focus on advancing inclusive economic growth, food security and artificial intelligence, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday
November 19, 2024
Groups of European countries agreed on Tuesday to work together to develop missile defence, electronic warfare and other military assets as part of a drive to foster closer
November 19, 2024
Afghan girl who encouraged others to sing wins children’s peace prize
November 19, 2024
Donald Trump's presidency in the United States is going to be "pro-business and pro-growth" and good for the tech services industry,
November 19, 2024
The leaders of Italy, Japan and Britain have discussed a potential broadening of the GCAP jet fighter project to other countries, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
November 19, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday it was time for Germany to support Ukraine's longer-range strike capabilities against Russia.
November 19, 2024
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels
November 19, 2024
A powerful gang coalition has launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital
November 19, 2024
Armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday criticised factional strife within its former ruling party as risky for Sudan after a move to reinstate an ally of deposed autocrat
November 19, 2024
Fighters from Hamas and other Gaza factions have formed an armed force to prevent gangs pillaging aid convoys in the embattled territory, residents and sources
November 19, 2024
The United States was not surprised by Russia lowering its threshold for a nuclear strike and does not plan to adjust its own nuclear
November 19, 2024
Stocks shrug off concerns about heightened US-Russia tensions
November 19, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that an attack on Russia's Bryansk region by Ukraine using U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles was a clear signal that the West
November 19, 2024
Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized
November 19, 2024
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asked U.S.
November 19, 2024
Brazil's federal police have arrested five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
November 19, 2024
The Associated Press had rare access to a night patrol by Senegal's navy as it scanned the sea for a growing number of vulnerable boats making the risky journey towards Europe
November 19, 2024
Intensifying efforts for a truce in Lebanon have brought into focus the role of the country's army, which would be expected to keep the south free of Hezbollah
November 19, 2024
US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopoly
Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments
North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 million Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
Hungary to install air defence system near Ukraine border
China willing to maintain communication on submarine infrastructure security
Key facts about John Prescott, Britain's former deputy PM, dead at 86
Insolvencies in Germany up 22.9% year-on-year in October
What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?
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American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident