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The US and its allies will “respond decisively” in the event of Russia’s military action against Ukraine, President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday. In a statement, White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden asserted that the United States and its allies and partners will respond …

Thousands of flights within the United States were delayed or canceled over the New Year weekend, adding to the travel disruptions during the holiday week due to adverse weather and rising cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Nearly 9,230 flights within the United States or entering or departing it were …

Two protesters have been killed and many others injured as Sudanese security forces clashed with anti-coup demonstrators in the capital Khartoum and other major cities. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said on Sunday that the new fatalities brought to 56 the overall death toll in protests since the coup …

Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder County, Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Saturday. Officials initially said there were no reports of fatalities or missing residents following the rare urban wildfire that …

Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square. The local government had outlawed the protest, saying police had indications some demonstrators might be planning …

The United Kingdom could face food supply shortages as new post-Brexit customs rules for goods arriving in Britain from the European Union have come into effect. According to the new rules, importers must make a full customs declaration on the goods coming from the EU or other nations starting Saturday, …

One in three Americans believe violence against the government can sometimes be justified, according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland. The poll showed that 40 percent of Republicans said violent actions could be justified, in comparison to 23 percent of Democrats and 41 percent of …

At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in India during Saturday’s early hours as pilgrims gathered to offer new-year prayers, officials said. The disaster happened at the Mata Vaishno Devi in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the most revered Hindu shrines in …

US immigration officials have reportedly denied entry to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary stay in the country for humanitarian reasons in recent weeks, causing dismay of Afghans and their supporters. By doing so, immigrant advocates insist, the Biden administration has failed to honor its pledge to assist Afghans who were …

Air travel continued to be severely disrupted in the United States on Saturday, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in COVID-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. The United States had 2,723 cancelled flights, more than half of the 4,698 …

Americans living abroad who wish to renounce their citizenship have found themselves stuck in limbo as most US consular missions around the world have suspended their expatriation services for those seeking to officially sever their ties to the United States. Delays have led to a growing backlog of renunciation requests, …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that underscored the need to improve the country’s economy and its people’s standard of living, according to state media. He made the remarks following a key ruling-party meeting in the capital Pyongyang on Friday amid …

The Ministry of Industry in South Korea said that exports rose by 25.8 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year . The ministry stated that exports recorded their highest level ever, against the backdrop of strong demand for chips and petroleum products amid the global economic recovery . The volume of …

The French government has suspended a road travel prohibition for UK nationals, allowing Britons to drive through France to reach their residential homes in EU member states. The decision came on Friday, after the UK government criticized the French move to ban UK nationals from transiting across France and asked for …

COVID-19 infections across the UK hit record high levels in all parts of the country just before Christmas, with an estimated 2.3 million cases, new figures show. According to data published by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday, the new record registered in the week up to December …

Russia has reportedly test-fired around 10 new Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine as tensions between Moscow and the West escalate over Ukraine. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported the development on Friday, citing sources from the country’s northern fleet. “Admiral Gorshkov successfully conducted …

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow may be forced to “eliminate unacceptable threats” to national security, as US President Joe Biden reiterated threats against Russia during a 50-minute phone conversation with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Sergei Lavrov warned on Friday that the West’s aggressive approach and threat of sanctions could force …

France has culled 600,000 to 650,000 chickens, ducks and other poultry over the past month, officials said Friday, in a race to contain a bird flu virus threatening to become the fourth major outbreak in the country since 2015. The Agriculture Ministry reported virus clusters at 26 factory farms, mainly …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data shows that the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 is sending children to the hospital in record numbers. Within weeks, Omicron has caused thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among American children, according to the CDC. The seven-day-average number of …

Yemeni Foreign Minister in the National Salvation Government Hisham Sharaf Abdullah has called upon the UN Security Council to hold Saudi Arabia and its arms suppliers to account in accordance with the international law over their war crimes in the crisis-stricken Arab country. Abdullah, in identical letters addressed to the …