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Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti’s civil protection authority and a U.N. agency said. The Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo gangs, the latter of which kidnapped a group of U.S. and Canadian missionaries …

A Yemeni military official says the Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militant groups have breached more than 5,000 times an UN-brokered nationwide truce, which went into effect more than a month ago with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Russia says the move is in retaliation to Denmark’s expulsion of 15 Russian envoys as well as its support of Ukraine.

Residents have been warned to scale down their water usage this summer, as critical shortages loom.

More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier following a series of deaths and suicides among the crew, according to the US Navy.

First Asian state admitted to the military bloc’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

The Bank of England warns of recession risk as it hikes interest rate to tackle soaring inflation

Bangladesh police detained 450 Rohingya celebrating a Muslim festival on a beach, officials said on Thursday, in a further sign of growing intolerance towards the refugees.

Donald Trump has now accumulated a total of $100,000 in fines after he was found in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena issued to him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

France will increase its overall financial aid to Ukraine this year to $2 billion from 1.7 billion, President Emmanuel Macron said in a video address to an international donors’ conference in Warsaw. The conference, aimed at helping Ukraine deal with the economic and humanitarian fallout of Russia’s invasion, is hosted …

An international donors conference in Warsaw collecting funds for Ukraine hosted on Thursday raised 6.5 billion dollars to help the war-torn country, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Countries such as Finland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, and others pledged millions of euros to support humanitarian and military efforts in Ukraine …

Germany will end its participation in the European Union training mission in Mali but is ready to continue with a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country under certain conditions, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Wednesday. France and allies fighting Islamist militants in Mali earlier this year said they would …

Heavy rain and flooding have killed 22 people, destroyed hundreds of homes, and damaged crops in Afghanistan, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis, a disaster management official said on Thursday.

Russia has announced a three-day ceasefire in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to allow the evacuation of civilians from a steel plant in the city.

Zionist settlers attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque with the support of Israeli forces, wounding several Palestinians.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

One of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Major damage is being seen after tornadoes roared through parts of central Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday.

The US trade deficit hit a new record of $109.8 billion in March fueled by strong demand for computers, vehicles, and oil, according to a report by the US Census Bureau released on Wednesday.

The mayor of the destroyed Ukrainian city of Mariupol said Wednesday that contact was lost with Ukrainian forces holed up in the Azovstal steel plant amid fierce battles with Russian troops.