Nigerian health officials are issuing warnings over a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 30 people, many of them in the commercial capital Lagos,…
Amnesty International accused Egypt of rounding up Sudanese refugees en masse and forcibly deporting them, urging authorities to stop these "unlawful" actions, in a report…
Two wildfires burning out of control in New Mexico forced more than 7,000 people to flee on June 18 from a mountainous region of the…
A wildfire forced the partial suspension of shipping in Turkey's busy Dardanelles strait for several hours on June 18, the country's coast guard said. The…
Kenya's government on June 18 scrapped plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said, amending a controversial bill that sparked protests where hundreds of…
Diplomats on June 18 said at least 550 pilgrims died during the hajj, underscoring the grueling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching…
Sudan's UN ambassador on June 18 launched a verbal attack at the United Arab Emirates in the middle of a Security Council meeting, accusing the…
China's support for Russia's defense industry is prolonging the Ukraine war and "has to stop," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 18.…
Russia on June 18 detained another journalist and accused him of helping organizations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in the latest such arrest in…
About 580,000 Haitians have now fled their homes due to gang violence, a 60% spike just since March, a United Nations agency said on June…
Latvia's government on June 18 said it would further strengthen its border with Russia, amid security concerns in the NATO and EU members over Moscow's…
A record number of politically motivated crimes occurred in Germany last year, fuelled partly by global events including the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, according…
At least four people were killed and 120 injured on June 18 in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran's northeastern city of Kashmar, state…
Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including US cattle, offer a stark warning that the world is not ready to fend off future pandemics,…
An Israeli government spokesman on June 17 said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dissolved the war cabinet following the resignation earlier this month of centrist…
The African Union on June 17 condemned "massacres" in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 150 people in June. African Union…
A soldier was killed and eight people were wounded in an explosion on June 17 at a Czech military base used to train Ukrainian troops,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a woman the West has called his "close relative" to a top defense ministry post on June 17 as part…
Russia and North Korea will sign several "important documents" during President Vladimir Putin's visit this week, including a possible strategic partnership treaty, Russian news agencies…
Austria's conservatives on June 17 vowed to take legal action at the European Court of Justice after the environment minister helped pass an EU nature…
Nuclear-armed countries hiked spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years as they modernized their stockpiles amid growing geopolitical tensions,…
At least six people were killed and 30 others remained missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a tourist region of southern Ecuador, authorities…
Six Nigerien soldiers protecting an oil pipeline to neighboring Benin were killed during an attack by "armed bandits" in the south of the country, Niger's…
Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on June 15 in which a former Iranian official was released in Sweden in exchange for a European…
A Group of Seven summit is opening on June 13 with agreement on a US proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using…
