Only weeks ago, the world’s leading climate scientists warned that global warming by 2˚C would have even worse impacts than previously anticipated. The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called for more rapid decarbonization of the global economy to limit warming to 1.5˚.
Poland's governing nationalists came out on top in regional elections on Sunday, but were losing to opposition centrists in mayoral races in large cities including the capital Warsaw, exit polls showed.
A Peruvian court postponed Sunday a ruling on a prosecutor's demand to put opposition leader Keiko Fujimori in preventive detention for 36 months, which she called a conspiracy to "bury" her presidential hopes.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a national apology to victims of child sex abuse in an emotional address to parliament on Monday, acknowledging the state failed to stop "evil dark crimes" committed over decades.
Thousands of Honduran migrants whose trek toward the United States has triggered tirades from US President Donald Trump, forged on Sunday after crossing a river into Mexico, marching for hours.
South and North Korea will not have a meeting at their joint liaison office in the North’s border town of Kaesong this week, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Friday.
Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Friday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is planning a maritime exercise with the US Navy next year.
The US has for the first time opened a federal investigation into abuse committed by Catholic clergy, issuing a subpoena to dioceses in Pennsylvania two months after the publication of a report on decades of sexual abuse in the state.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday vowed utmost efforts to conclude their domestic procedures by the end of the year to put a bilateral free trade agreement into force at an early date.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he now believes journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of "very severe" consequences should Saudi Arabia be proven responsible.
Queensland lawmakers have voted to legalise abortion, overturning a century-old "morality" law and capping a 50-year campaign in Australia's most conservative state.
Canada on Wednesday became the world's first major economy to fully legalise cannabis, sparking celebrations as the nation embarked on the controversial experiment in drug policy.
Escalating trade wars "pose real risks" to the global economy, potentially threatening millions of jobs, head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Roberto Azevedo warned in a London speech on Wednesday.
North Korea said that it is determined to faithfully carry out its summit agreement reached with the United States in June to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula.
EU leaders warned on Wednesday there must be more progress in Brexit negotiations, despite hearing a personal plea by British Prime Minister Theresa May, who said she was open to a longer transition phase to unblock the talks.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez agreed on Tuesday to boost their countries' economic and security co-operation as this year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties.
Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday hit out at President Emmanuel Macron after French police were caught committing the "unprecedented offence" of dumping migrants in Italian woods.
The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided on Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Saudi leaders have promised to ensure accountability over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as they denied any responsibility for his disappearance.
Russian will quit the Council of Europe voluntarily if its opponents in the association insist on its expulsion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
