Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Tuesday of delaying peace talks in a bid to pursue its three-year invasion, even as US president Donald Trump pushes for an immediate ceasefire...
Rising seas will severely test humanity’s resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at the ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius target, researchers said Tuesday.
The UN health agency on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, struck after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the Covid-19 crisis.
The EU unveiled plans on Tuesday to make it easier to send asylum seekers to certain third countries in the latest overhaul aimed at reducing migration to the bloc, sparking criticism from rights groups.
The far-right Chega party climbed to joint second place in Portugal’s snap general election, posing a major challenge for prime minister Luis Montenegro as he prepared on Monday to lead another minority government...
Lithuania lodged a complaint at the top UN court Monday seeking compensation from Belarus, including for a fence, over allegations Minsk has sent large numbers of migrants to their shared border...
Britain and the European Union on Monday reached a landmark deal setting out closer ties on defence and trade, launching a new chapter after the UK’s acrimonious exit from the bloc five years ago.
Donald Trump spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday as the US president seeks a breakthrough to end the grinding conflict triggered by Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV received US vice president JD Vance and US secretary of state Marco Rubio at the Vatican Monday, a day after the new US pontiff’s inauguration mass.
Voters in Portugal went to the polls on Sunday for the country’s third general election in three years, with prime minister Luis Montenegro tipped to win, yet without a sufficient majority.
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy on Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at a mass attended by world dignitaries including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US vice president JD Vance.
The Kremlin on Saturday said a meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counter-part Volodymyr Zelensky would be possible only after both sides reach an agreement, a day after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct talks in more than three years, which did not result in a truce...
Three people, including two firefighters, have died in a fire at a former British airbase, officials said on Friday, in what prime minister Keir Starmer called a ‘devastating’ incident.
Pope Leo XIV recalled his immigrant roots as he spoke out Friday against global inequality and injustice, including ‘unworthy’ working conditions, in a speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican.
Portugal’s general election campaign ends on Friday for a vote that prime minister Luis Montenegro is expected to win, but with no guarantee he can form a more stable government.
