The number of people reported missing to the Red Cross has risen by about 70 percent in five years, driven by rising conflicts and mass migration, the Geneva-based organisation said yesterday, calling for a recommitment to the rules of war.

The US tariff exemption for package shipments valued under $800 ended yesterday, raising costs and disrupting supply chain models for e-commerce companies, small businesses using online marketplaces and consumers alike.

A Sri Lankan ex-government minister surrendered himself to a court yesterday after two months on the run, the latest high profile detention in a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown.

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing at least 69 people, with around 100 likely missing, officials told AFP yesterday.

US President Donald Trump has moved to block $5 billion of congressionally-approved foreign aid, the White House said yesterday -- raising the likelihood of a federal shutdown as Democrats oppose the policy.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday there was “no way” US troops could invade Venezuela after Washington deployed five warships and 4,000 troops to the Caribbean to pressure the leftist strongman.

Ukrainian Navy’s reconnaissance ship Simferopol, which was reportedly the largest ship commissioned by the country in over a decade, has been hit and sunk in a naval drone strike, the Russian Defence Ministry announced on Thursday.

A dinosaur dubbed one of the “strangest” ever boasted an elaborate armoury of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature.

The Israeli army launched a series of early morning attacks across Gaza yesterday, killing at least 48 Palestinians, including five in the southern al-Mawasi area — a zone it had previously designated as “humanitarian.”.Six aid seekers were among the Palestinians killed in the attacks, sou

Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday dismissed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation after only a year in power, in another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty that could usher in a new period of turmoil.

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as an executive director at the International Monetary Fund

But the monthlong lead time Trump's order provided has sparked a frenzy.

"Europe must not miss this opportunity -– it should define real foundations for joint action," Zelensky said

Trump and Modi, both right-wing populists, appeared to forge a strong bond during Trump's first term

A group of 33 Colombian soldiers were freed Thursday after being held captive for three days in a southeastern Amazonian community home to drug crops and dissident guerrillas, the country's Ombudsman's office said.

Israeli forces conducted an airborne raid on a site near the Syrian capital after bombing it several times, Syrian state media reported.

Investigators were seeking to find out why a heavily armed shooter opened fire on children at a church service in Minneapolis on Wednesday, killing two pupils and wounding 17 people in the latest violent tragedy to jolt the United States.

Pakistan’s eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains swelled it beyond capacity, officials warned yesterday.

President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday moved to impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in the United States, the latest bid to tighten legal immigration in the country.

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said yesterday.