The UN forecast the first decline in greenhouse gases ever, but the world remains well off course in keeping global warming below the 1.5 °C leaders committed to when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a “golden age” of ties on his visit to Tokyo, before signing a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals.

Melissa could be the worst hurricane Jamaica has experienced since recordkeeping began – but some residents on the Caribbean island say they will believe it when they see it.

Venezuela blasted the arrival in nearby Trinidad and Tobago of a US warship as a dangerous “provocation”, amid mounting fears of potential attacks against the Venezuelan mainland.

Ten people went on trial in Paris on Monday charged with sexist online harassment of Brigitte Macron, in the latest case linked to unsubstantiated gender claims thrown at the French first lady in France and beyond.

US President Donald Trump ruled out running for the vice presidency in the 2028 US election, an approach some of his supporters have floated to allow the Republican president to serve an additional term in office.

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7% of the vote, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council.

Argentina’s budget-slashing leader Javier Milei pulled off a stunning win in midterm elections, boosting the flagging reform agenda of the US-backed right-winger.

US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

With Gaza’s education system shattered by two years of gruelling war, UNICEF’s regional director says he fears for a “lost generation” of children wandering ruined streets with nothing to do.

More than 50 billboards featuring Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan were crammed into a stretch of road from the main airport on Friday as she arrived for a final election rally on the island of Zanzibar.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky heads to London for a meeting of its key backers, where Britain’s prime minister has said he will call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles.

British police said they had arrested three men suspected of assisting a foreign intelligence service, and that the alleged offences related to Russia.

Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear a petition filed by an organisation representing international media outlets in Israel and the Palestinian territories, demanding independent access for journalists to Gaza.

Over 20 people were arrested as hundreds of protesters and police clashed for the second night in a row outside an asylum seeker hotel near Dublin, Irish authorities said.

Thailand’s deputy finance minister resigned on Wednesday following allegations linking him to Cambodia-based cyberscam centres.

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said, a week ahead of a key Asia-Pacific leaders’ meeting in South Korea.

A posthumous memoir containing damaging allegations about Prince Andrew by the woman at the centre of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal appears to be the last straw for Buckingham Palace.

The top United Nations court will rule on Israel’s obligations toward agencies providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, as aid groups scramble to scale up assistance following a ceasefire.

Israel and Hamas have exchanged the remains of more captives, but the Palestinian group says Israel is failing to uphold the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement by refusing to reopen the crucial Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

Viral claims of a so-called ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria are stirring heated debate online — but analysts warn that such narratives could undermine fragile peacebuilding efforts.