LONDON :Britain will convene a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency response committee on Thursday to consider its strategy and approach towards Gaza and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, Deputy ...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt : U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said the relationship on climate with China is not yet working again, and a "major negotiating session" ahead of COP27 was called off after U.S.

CAIRO : At least 320 foreign passport holders crossed on Wednesday to Egypt from Gaza in a first batch of evacuations from the besieged enclave, three Egyptian security sources and a Palestinian ...

VATICAN CITY : The Vatican on Friday confirmed a report by Reuters that Pope Francis will meet separately next week with relatives of hostages held by Hamas militants and with a delegation of ...

WASHINGTON : Ukraine's top government economic adviser Oleg Ustenko said on Thursday that invading Russian forces have so far destroyed at least US$100 billion worth of infrastructure, buildings and ...

STOCKHOLM : Sweden's right-wing opposition parties were on track to win a narrow majority of 175 seats in the 349-seat parliament on Sunday, beating the ruling centre-left, the country's election ...

HONG KONG : Hong Kong's former deputy leader John Lee, who has announced his bid to run in a leadership election in May, said on Saturday "this will be a new symphony and I am the conductor". Lee is ...

TAIPEI : About 10 Chinese and Taiwanese navy boats continued to stay close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The source added ...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered an "impassioned, yet detailed" speech at the G20 summit on Tuesday, the European Union ambassador to Indonesia said on Twitter.

GENEVA : The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday it was in advanced talks with all parties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas to ensure an aid operation into Gaza starts soon. "We ...

KYIV : Ukrainians are concerned with certain voices in the U.S. Republican party calling to cut back support for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said on Wednesday. Speaking in an interview by ...

BEIJING : China and United States have agreed to resume high-level communication between their two militaries including working meetings between the departments of defence, Chinese state media said on ...