Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell on Monday held talks in the Iranian capital during a mission aimed at lowering tensions over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme.
The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 per cent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care.
Kosovo's parliament approved a new prime minister on Monday after four months of haggling over government posts, raising hopes that long-frozen talks with Serbia could resume.
Dozens of koalas have been euthanised and some 80 more are being treated for injuries and starvation after their habitat was logged, prompting an Australian government investigation on Monday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday outline a hardline stance in post-Brexit negotiations with the European Union, arguing Britain does not need to follow various EU rules to strike a trade deal.
Democratic candidates darted across Iowa on Sunday delivering their closing arguments to any and all who would listen, a day before the state's nominating vote that officially starts the US presidential election season.
China's death toll from the coronavirus epidemic soared past 360 on Monday, with deepening global concern about the outbreak and governments closing their borders to people from China.
A volcano on a southwestern Japan island erupted early Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with no immediate reports of injuries.
The Philippines reported the first death on Sunday outside of China from a new coronavirus, deepening global fears about an epidemic that has claimed more than 300 lives.
Democrats warned Thursday that acquitting President Donald Trump of abuse-of-power charges in his impeachment trial would amount to the "normalisation of lawlessness."
The governor of Lebanon's central bank has said that US$1 billion had been transferred out of the country, despite tight restrictions on withdrawals as the protest-hit country faces a liquidity crisis.
The UN Security Council called on Thursday for an "immediate cessation" of hostilities in Yemen, which it said were threatening a political process aimed at ending the war.
Authorities in Canberra on Friday declared the first state of emergency in almost two decades as a bushfire bore down on the Australian capital.
The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly novel coronavirus from China -- a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international co-ordination in tackling the disease.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met in New York on Wednesday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria, under the chair of Vietnam that holds the council’s presidency in January.
Britain's departure from the European Union was set in law Wednesday, amid emotional scenes, as the bloc's parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers.
The White House told former national security advisor John Bolton that a book he has written reportedly containing damaging evidence for President Donald Trump cannot be published in its current form because it breaks secrecy laws.
Three Japanese citizens among more than 200 on a first evacuation flight from China have tested positive for a new strain of coronavirus, Japan's health minister said Thursday.
