War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan — a nation already facing a litany of horrors — to the shores of a water crisis.
The U.K. general election is being watched closely after stark warnings that rapid advancements in cyber-tech, particularly AI, and increasing friction between major nations threaten the integrity of 2024's landmark votes.
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia on Sunday, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday, after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government.
Without an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, children are at grave risk of becoming a “lost generation” due to pervasive hunger and psychological trauma in the war-torn enclave, warns the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
Türkiye will once again proclaim its readiness to contribute to a fair and lasting peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine during a two-day summit in Switzerland, the diplomatic sources told.
Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said, one week after the agency's board of governors passed a resolution criticising Tehran's lack of cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on June 14 on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.
France's Marine Le Pen said on June 14 her far-right party could win forthcoming snap parliamentary elections and form a "national unity government" if it did.
The Conservative party of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fallen behind the hard-right anti-immigration Reform U.K. party for the first time in a poll by YouGov, which called the development a "seismic shift."
Ireland's European parliament elections finally concluded early Friday with all 14 seats filled after a marathon five-day count — the longest in the 27-member bloc.
G7 leaders meeting in Italy turn their attention to China on Friday, from security in the Asia-Pacific to how best to protect their industries while avoiding an outright trade war with Beijing.
Switzerland is undertaking a major security operation around this weekend's summit on Ukraine, aiming to ward off not only physical threats but also cyberattacks and misinformation.
In the icy waters of the Arctic, NATO scientists are dissecting sound waves to improve the West's ability to track Russian submarines, as global warming alters acoustics underwater.
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in exhausting summer heat.
Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as U.S. President Joe Biden called Hamas the "biggest hang-up" to another truce.