Nearly 15,000 people have been infected with hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan in the past year, the country's Ministry of Public Health reported…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met counterparts from Japan, Australia and India on July 29, with the group expected to issue a joint statement…
Twelve people were convicted on July 28 in Libya's eastern city of Derna over their role in "managing dam facilities" during last year's deadly floods,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 28 threatened to relaunch production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirmed its intention to deploy missiles…
A migrant died on July 28 trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on an overcrowded boat but authorities said dozens on the…
At least 19 people are dead in Ethiopia after a boat capsized on a river in the country's northwest, a state-run media outlet said on…
Venezuelans were awaiting results late on July 28 in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with the opposition saying they…
Peru's President Dina Boluarte was upbeat about the country's economy in an independence day speech to Congress, predicting higher-than-expected economic growth and saying she would…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on July 28 to "relaunch" cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official visit to…
The former head of Greece's EYP intelligence service has denied allegations that the state agency used illegal phone malware in 2019-2022 to spy on targets,…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on July 27 launched a new effort with Amazon basin governments to disrupt illicit finance that fuels nature crimes, including…
Australia on July 27 moved to ban mining at one of the world's largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site's "enduring connection" to Indigenous Australians.…
Australia's foreign minister on July 27 called on Myanmar's junta to "take a different path" from its bloody crackdown on dissent, saying the situation in…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on July 28 replaced the government ministers responsible for immigration and national security, overhauling the scandal-plagued portfolios. Australia's Department of…
Australia said on July 27 it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy's Collins…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on July 28 was set to announce an upgrade to US command structures in Japan, as Washington and Tokyo overhaul…
China's foreign minister told his US counterpart on July 27 that Beijing denies charges that it is helping Russia's war effort in Ukraine. Wang Yi,…
The South Korean military on July 27 said it is investigating a case that local news media said entailed a leak of highly sensitive information…
A landslide caused by flooding in central China's Hunan province destroyed a local guesthouse and killed 11 people on July 28, with at least one…
China will "respond resolutely" to any violation by the Philippines of a recent deal to calm tensions between the two countries in the South China…
The Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without "untoward incidents", more than…
Some of the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard…
National security chiefs from six South and Southeast Asian countries have arrived in Myanmar for regional talks, state media reported on July 26, in a…
Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil service job quotas…
A Bangladeshi student group has vowed to resume protests that sparked a lethal police crackdown and nationwide unrest unless several of their leaders are released…
