Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.

Donald Trump has chosen conspiracy theorist and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and ...

New Zealand's parliament was suspended after Maori lawmakers performed a haka to interrupt a vote on a controversial bill.

Pakistan's Lahore remained the world's most polluted city, while visibility in parts of northern India fell to zero. Seasonal ...

A man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil's Supreme Court after trying to enter the building, officials said. Local ...

Many in Seoul are worried that Donald Trump's return to the White House means Washington is no longer a reliable partner, and ...

The EU Commission fined tech giant Meta for practices favoring Facebook Marketplace that it said violated EU competition law.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell wants the bloc to halt some dialogue with Israel. The proposal is almost certainly dead in the water, diplomatic sources report, and should be read as Borrell’s ...

Police in Paris have prepared for a "high risk" situation as Israel take on France in a Nations League encounter. The ...

Upwards of 4,000 illegal miners are believed to be inside an abandoned shaft in the country's North West province. A ...

Rafael Grossi said that "tangible results" were needed to avoid a war. Tehran said it would negotiate, but not under pressure ...

A fifth major storm in the space of the month slammed into the Philippines on Thursday. Over 160 people have already been ...