The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast this week comes after long-standing tensions between Washington and Caracas, starting with US sanctions in 2006 and most recently strikes against ...

Trump's administration cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum ...

Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote regions as the death toll increases.

In a town near Jerusalem, a growing number of houses and businesses are receiving demolition and evacuation notices, and Palestinian residents link the drive to Israel’s approval of a major new ...

European and African leaders gathered in Angola Monday for a summit to deepen economic and security ties, with emergency talks on Ukraine also on the cards. Talks with African nations will centre on ...

Nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning no society “can call itself fair, safe or healthy while half its ...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers’ efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite previous opposition to the measure. “House Republicans should ...

Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and ...

Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage at the UN General Assembly just over a week after an independent UN Commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide — the worst crime under international law.

Despite major gains in education and reducing poverty in recent decades, entrenched inequalities are eroding trust in institutions and democratic systems around the world, the UN warned Tuesday.

Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of rules the Facebook and Instagram owner called “unworkable.” The EU has ...

A week after Israel launched an unprecedented attack against Iran over fears about its nuclear ambitions, US strikes overnight on Sunday on three Iranian nuclear sites have further ramped up the ...