Amnesty International on December 11 urged Mozambique to "end its bloody crackdown on protesters", saying 110 have been killed in demonstrations sparked by disputed presidential…
A Paris appeals court on December 11 ruled investigators were right to drop a case over the French army's alleged failure to intervene in a…
This year is "effectively certain" to be the hottest on record and the first above a critical threshold to protect the planet from dangerously overheating,…
Romania's top court on December 6 annulled ongoing presidential elections over alleged irregularities, after far-right candidate Calin Georgescu topped the first round -- a decision…
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on December 4 named Iskra Reic as its new international executive vice president, replacing Leon Wang, who has been detained by…
The United Nations warned on December 3 that already unprecedented levels of forced displacement are set to worsen in 2025 as conflicts and disasters push…
The world's developing countries paid a record $1.4 trillion to service their debts last year, as high lending rates pushed interest costs to a two-decade…
Sales by major arms makers were boosted last year by wars in Ukraine and Gaza and tensions in Asia, with marked increases for manufacturers based…
Oil producers including Russia and Saudi Arabia have slowed negotiations for a plastic pollution treaty to a crawl, dimming chances that an agreement to tackle…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan on November 27 for a two-day trip aimed at shoring up ties with his Central Asian ally as…
G7 foreign ministers said November 26 they "will comply with our respective obligations" regarding the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by…
Two opposition mayors in eastern Turkey have been removed from office after being convicted of "terrorism" for belonging to a banned Kurdish militant group, the…
New rules allowing wealthy polluting countries to buy carbon-cutting "offsets" from developing nations were agreed at UN climate talks November 23, a move already raising…
Twenty-five countries at the COP29 climate summit November 20 pledged not to build any new unabated coal-power plants, in a push to accelerate the phaseout…
The European Union November 18 widened sanctions against Iran over its support for Russia's war on Ukraine, including targeting vessels and ports used to transfer…
Activists and a key negotiating group at the stalled COP29 climate talks on November 19 cautiously welcomed a G20 leaders statement backing a finance deal…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on November 17 called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan…
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu met November 17 to renew what they call the "strategic partnership" between two major nations…
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the United States on November 16 not to cross a "red line" in support for Taiwan, but told his counterpart…
Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on November 12 for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a landmark defence pact with North Korea, a deal that comes amid reports that Pyongyang has dispatched…
More than 30 people have been charged in Turkey after protests against the removal of three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast, who were then replaced…
Turkey on November 4 sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged terrorism charges, despite Ankara's efforts to seek a rapprochement with the Kurdish…
French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe on October 26 as they battled to restore power they…
Commonwealth heads of government are to push for a "conversation" on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade when they meet for the association's first summit…
