International News
Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides. Two provinces upgraded flood warnings on Tuesday as rivers overflowed and floodw..
The US Senate has taken a first step towards passing what has been called the most significant new gun controls in a generation. Senators voted to speed up the passage of the bipartisan bill, meaning it could be signed into law next...
Russian forces pounded Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv and surrounding countryside with rockets, killing at least 15 people, in what Kyiv called a bid to force it to pull resources from the main battlefield to protect civilians from attack...
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas - where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers - will be demolished, the city's mayor has said. Don McLaughlin made the claim on Tuesday at a tense and emotional council meeting with residents dema..
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 280 people and left scores injured in Afghanistan, according to the country's state news agency. Pictures show landslides and ruined homes in eastern Paktika province, where rescuers are scrambling to ..
Only a month after North Korea acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak was sickening its people, the country may be preparing to declare victory It's only been a month since North Korea acknowledged having a COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denyi..
The Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize medal for $103.5m (£84m). Dmitry Muratov said all the money from the sale would go to help refugees from the war in Ukraine. Mu..
Oneworld Governing Board announced that Oman Air will join the alliance membership. The announcement came on the sidelines of World Air Transport Summit (WATS) which followed IATA's Annual General Meeting. Qatar Airways will act...
Japan Coast Guard officials said that two Chinese government ships have entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The officials said the ships entered waters off Uotsuri Island on Tuesday morning. They ..