Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday cut down what had once been described as the world's only known wild specimen of a species...
Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday cut down what had once been described as the world's only known wild specimen of a species...
UNITED NATIONS: Sporadic armed clashes between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces are straining peace efforts, and the rivals are now also battling...
Geneva: The United Nations warned on Tuesday against the spread of hate speech with all its forms, assault on religions and sanctities, pointing...
Vilnius: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday pushed for Ukraine to join NATO in a speech in Vilnius, as alliance members gathered for...
New York: Russia blocked a nine-month extension of a key Syria aid route at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, throwing the...
Helsinki: The leader of Finnish government coalition partner the Finns Party on Tuesday apologised for old online racist comments after being condemned by...
A record-breaking heat wave is about to send temperatures soaring from California to the Gulf of Mexico, posing health risks and straining power...
South Africa’s state power utility has ramped up the use of its emergency generation facilities since the weekend as it tries to balance...
Geneva: The United Nations said hate speech was on the rise everywhere, as the UN Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on...
London: Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has become a father again, his wife Carrie said on Tuesday, with the couple's third child,...
LOS ANGELES: Leonardo DiCaprio will fund scholarships and a climate education program at the UCLA-based elementary school where he was once himself a...
Le Vernet, France: Rescue services said they still hoped to find a toddler who went missing in a hamlet in the French Alps...
Reykjavik: Despite warnings to stay away from Iceland's latest volcanic eruption near Reykjavik, a group of curious visitors told AFP they couldn't resist...
SEOUL, South Korea: A giant panda has given birth to twin cubs at a theme park in South Korea. Ai Bao gave birth...
JOHANNESBURG: South African weather officials warned on Tuesday of continued extremely cold weather, but said no further snow was predicted for the rest...
Seoul: A South Korean court sentenced a man to life in prison on Tuesday for murdering a woman he had stalked for years....
Kathmandu: All six people aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed soon after take-off near Mount Everest on Tuesday,...
Sydney: The top politician in Australia's Northern Territory said Tuesday it was "time to consider" a return to crocodile culling after an attack...
