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Repsol says Peru oil spill will be cleaned up in M...
Spanish energy giant Repsol on Thursday vowed to finish by March cleaning up a devastating oil spill that has polluted beaches and...
Europe to fore in Ukraine crisis as US warns of Ru...
The leaders of Turkey and France attempted to mediate in the Ukraine crisis on Thursday as Washington announced it had evidence of...
US claims evidence of Moscow plan for 'false flag'...
The Pentagon said Thursday it had evidence of a plan by Moscow to film a fake Ukrainian attack on Russians to justify a real assau...
'Incredibly complex': the US raid that killed IS c...
By early December US intelligence was certain: the man occupying the top floor of a nondescript house in Atme, northern Syria -- w...
Beijing Olympics set to open under cloud of Covid,...
A Winter Olympics overshadowed by rights concerns and Covid will officially begin in Beijing on Friday with an opening ceremony at...
Xi to meet Putin as tensions rise with West
China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in nearly two years on Friday when h...
Using military to end trucker protest 'not in the...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday poured cold water on sending in the military to clear protestors opposed to Cov...
From Kansas school teacher to Islamic State battal...
On a scale of one to 10 of jihadist radicalization, an American woman alleged to have led an all-female Islamic State battalion in...
Tibetans protest 'Games of shame' at Olympic HQ
Around 500 Tibetans marched outside the International Olympic Committee headquarters on Thursday, led by an activist on skis dragg...
'Incredibly complex': the raid that killed IS chie...
By early December, US intelligence was certain of it: the man occupying the top floor of a nondescript house in Atme, northern Syr...
US raid on IS leader boosts Biden's foreign policy...
The daring US helicopter raid deep in Syria that ended in the death of one of the world's most wanted men gives Joe Biden the kind...
Biden says IS leader killed, removing 'major terro...
President Joe Biden said Thursday a global "terrorist threat" was removed when the head of the Islamic State blew himself up after...
Erdogan offers Ukraine-Russia summit as Europe pus...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Thursday on a visit to Kyiv to hold a Ukraine-Russia summit, as EU leaders stepped...
Biden says 'major terrorist' blew himself up in US...
President Joe Biden said Thursday a global "terrorist threat" was removed when the head of the Islamic State group blew himself up...
Myanmar junta slams 'dictating' UN rights chief
Myanmar's junta on Thursday slammed "dictating" remarks by the United Nations human rights chief and accused the body of interferi...
Brazil's Bolsonaro tweets support for podcaster Ro...
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted his support for embattled American podcast host Joe Rogan, whose spreading of...
IS chief blows himself up during US raid in Syria
US special forces carried out a nighttime airborne raid Thursday in northwestern Syria during which the head of the Islamic State...
Beijing Games set to open as Peng Shuai allegation...
Thomas Bach will meet Peng Shuai at the Beijing Winter Olympics to assess her "physical integrity and her mental state", the IOC c...
US says IS leader 'taken off battlefield' in Syria...
US special forces carried out a brazen nighttime airborne raid in northwestern Syria during which the head of the Islamic State gr...
Top India diplomat to boycott Beijing Games over t...
India's top diplomat in Beijing will skip the Winter Games after a Chinese soldier involved in a deadly Himalayan skirmish took pa...
Pakistan says 7 troops killed in southwest, rebels...
Seven Pakistani soldiers and at least 13 militants were killed in clashes in restive Balochistan province, the army said Thursday,...
Invasion or not, Ukraine's economy is already payi...
In his open-plan office in the centre of Kyiv, tech executive Dmytro Voloshyn lists off the tricky questions he's dealt with over...
Erdogan in Ukraine as Europe pushes to defuse Russ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Kyiv Thursday in an effort to mediate the crisis with Russia, as EU leaders stepp...
Erdogan visits Ukraine as Europe pushes to defuses...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Kyiv Thursday in an effort to mediate the crisis with Russia, as EU leaders stepp...
'Where is Scholz?': Germany's new chancellor under...
Two months into the job, the honeymoon is already over for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with critics accusing him of being "invi...
Biden battles accusations of 'weakness' against US...
Is Joe Biden "weak" in the face of Russia, Iran or North Korea? This is the accusation leveled by opponents of the US president, w...
Five things to know about 60 years of US sanctions...
Decreed in February 1962 and still in place today, American sanctions against Cuba is one of the world's longest-running boycotts...
Erdogan visits Ukraine as Europe pushes to defuse...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Kyiv Thursday in an effort to mediate the crisis with Russia, as EU leaders stepp...
13 killed in rare NW Syria raid by US special forc...
US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people...
Texas butterfly sanctuary shuts citing threats fro...
A butterfly sanctuary caught in the crossfire of polarizing conspiracy theories on illegal immigration to the United States said i...
Myanmar foreign minister barred from ASEAN meet: C...
Myanmar's junta suffered a fresh diplomatic blow Thursday as regional bloc ASEAN barred its top diplomat from attending an upcomin...
Taliban closer to international recognition, says...
The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan's new rulers make will be on thei...
Tiny Taiwan Winter Olympics team weathers frosty B...
Only four Taiwanese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, in frosty temperatures rivalling Beijing and Taipei's relations...
W. African leaders hold emergency summit after spa...
West African leaders hold a key summit on Thursday as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty and a long history o...
Erdogan eyes Ukraine summit with Putin on Kyiv vis...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Kyiv on Thursday in a bid to set the stage for a three-way summit with Russia's Vlad...
Russia takes lead at UN in crises around the world
Russia has a stake in crises around the world from Ukraine to Syria, Sudan and Mali -- and that is reflected in the active role it...
Clashes in NW Syria as US-led troops conduct anti-...
Troops from the US-led anti-jihadist coalition landed in northwest Syria Thursday in search of wanted militants, resulting in clas...
Stocks end higher as attention turns to interest r...
Global stock markets glided to a generally positive finish on Wednesday as investors turned their attention to central bank moneta...
UAE reports new drone attack as US to send warship...
The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said it prevented another drone attack over its territory, after Washington said it will sen...