AFP :The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Friday protecting abortion rights, a historic but largely symbolic move that has little chance of passage in the Senate.The Democratic-majority House passed the Women’s...
AFP :Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas gave Israel one year to withdraw from occupied territory, or he said that he would no long recognize the Jewish state based on pre-1967 borders.In a virtual address to...
AFP :President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia, India and Japan promised on Friday to work together for a stable, open and democratic Indo-Pacific in a veiled dig at China during their first...
AFP :Clouds of thick black ash from volcanic eruptions in Spain’s Canaries archipelago forced the closure of the airport on La Palma island on Saturday, authorities said. The Cumbre Vieja volcano came to life...
AFP :The United States on Friday announced two exemptions to its sanctions imposed on Afghanistan in a bid to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the conflict-wracked, Taliban-controlled country.The provisions allow the US...
AFP :The United Nations chief called on Friday for the world to redouble its renewable energy efforts to avert a climate emergency and address global energy poverty.“Today, we face a moment of truth,” said...
AFP :The tiny low-lying Pacific island of Vanuatu said on Saturday it will lead a global campaign to get a landmark legal opinion from the UN’s top court on the consequences of global warming.Announced...
AFP :Nearly 20 European Union countries nominated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as head of the World Health Organization, shortly before the deadline passed on Thursday. WHO member states had until 1600...
AFP :The EU’s drug watchdog said on Thursday that it expected to decide in early October whether to approve boosters of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for over 16s.A decision on further jabs of both...
AFP :The top diplomats of France and the United States said on Thursday that repairing ties would take time as Paris demanded action to assuage its anger over the cancellation of a massive submarine...
AFP :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that he felt that relations with his US counterpart Joe Biden had “not gotten off to a good start” since the latter’s arrival in the...
AFP :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he believed the world was united on pressing the Taliban after speaking with Pakistan, China and Russia, key players with Afghanistan’s new rulers. Blinken met...
