Facebook has launched a fresh effort to quell the firestorm over the hijacking of personal data, unveiling new privacy tools and settings to give users more control over how their information is shared.
Long-serving American diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo was appointed to become the first woman to head UN political affairs, one of the most high-profile positions at the world body.
Group of Seven countries have agreed to a "common vision" for the development of artificial intelligence, a Canadian minister said.
South Korea and North Korea kicked off high-level talks today to discuss details about preparations for an inter-Korean summit slated for late April.
US President Donald Trump shook up his cabinet once again on Wednesday, sacking embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and nominating White House doctor Ronny Jackson as his successor.
Global consumption of antibiotics has soared since the year 2000, stoking calls for new policies to rein in usage -- and fuelling fears that the worldwide threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs will spiral out of control, researchers say.
The Islamist gunman who killed four people in southern France last week had been summoned by anti-terror police for questioning shortly before his shooting rampage, a police source told AFP on Tuesday.
Speculation finally settled after Chinese and North Korea leaders made appearance in Beijing where the latter paid an unofficial four-day visit to China. Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un reaffirmed commitments to denuclearisation during their talks.
NATO joined 25 governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking what London called a "turning point" in the West's relations with Moscow.
Speculation intensified Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was in Beijing for a surprise visit, after Japanese media reported the arrival of a special North Korean train met by an honour guard under tight security.
Slovakia's parliament on Monday approved a new government appointed by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, whose predecessor quit in a scandal over an investigative journalist's murder that sparked mass protests.
The decision of the United States to expel Russian diplomats is a blow to the Russian Federation's mission in the United Nations, Russia's permanent representative to the organisation Vasily Nebenzia said at a meeting with reporters.
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on Monday threatened retaliation against arch-foe Iran, accusing the Shiite power of being behind a barrage of Yemeni rebel missile attacks on the kingdom.
Egyptians vote in a presidential election Monday to choose between incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a little-known candidate who has struggled to make the case he is not Sisi's minion.
Britain's main opposition Labour Party said today it will propose legislation to stop Britain leaving the EU without a deal if parliament rejects the final agreement struck with Brussels.
Saudi forces have intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen.
At least 37 people were killed when a fire ripped through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in western Siberia, with scores more reported missing, including children.
At least two people were killed after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in southwest France on Friday.
China warned the United States on Friday that it was "not afraid of a trade war" as it threatened tariffs on US$3 billion worth of US goods in retaliation over President Donald Trump's moves against Chinese imports.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday named hardline Fox News pundit and former UN ambassador John Bolton as his new national security advisor, ousting embattled army general HR McMaster.
