President Joe Biden has said the US should ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines to tackle the "carnage" of gun violence.
Addressing the nation after a spate of mass shootings, Mr Biden said too many places had become "killing fields".
He...
Students at a Hong Kong university this week have hid tiny figurines of a "democracy goddess" around campus in the lead-up to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The anonymous acts defy the authorities' increasing crackdown on public recognition...
At least four people were killed and about 30 injured when a train derailed in Germany's south-eastern state of Bavaria, police say.
The train, which was carrying many students, was heading to Munich when three carriages came off the tracks...
A viral video showing two women scaling the wall of a well to access water has highlighted the acute shortage in several areas of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The video shows the women on the wall of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a looming food crisis that may spark social unrest in sub-Saharan Africa.
The fund has revised its growth projection for the continent downwards to 3.8 per cent from the initial 4.5 per...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, made a defiant speech at a military parade on Monday night, vowing to ramp up the country’s nuclear arsenal.
The parade, to mark the armed forces’ founding anniversary, also displayed banned intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
In...
The World Bank Group has announced that over the coming weeks it will be discussing with its Governors and Board of Executive Directors a 15-month crisis response financing package of around $170 billion to help countries address multiple overlapping...
The world needs to find US $1.3 trillion of incremental investment by 2030 to boost all types of energy output and infrastructure, from renewables to oil and gas, to avoid an energy crunch, the U.S. Bank and JP Morgan said...
China has reported the deaths of three people from Covid in Shanghai for the first time since the financial hub entered lockdown in late March.
A release from the city health commission said the victims were aged between 89 and...
Dramatic pictures of – and a credible video of – the Russian warship Moskva before it sank last week have appeared online.
The video and images match the shape and design of the missile cruiser.
Russia says a fire onboard caused...
