World food prices fell sharply in July, partly thanks to a deal between Ukraine and Russia lifting a sea blockade that had stopped Ukrainian grain shipments, a UN agency said yesterday.

Negotiators kicked off a fresh round of talks over Iran’s nuclear programme in Vienna yesterday, seeking to salvage the agreement on Tehran’s atomic

The Kremlin yesterday called for restraint from both sides after Azerbaijan said its forces had crushed an Armenian attack near the disputed enclave of

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through time and huge amounts of dust to capture a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing the spinning ring of colour in unprecedented clarity, Nasa and the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

The UK parliament yesterday closed its TikTok account after MPs expressed concern over the social media app’s ownership by Chinese parent firm ByteDance.

Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights.

British Conservative Liz Truss’s leadership campaign faced its first serious peril yesterday as she was forced into a policy U-turn and came under fierce fire in Scotland, against the backdrop of a shrinking poll lead.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Myanmar today for meetings with the conflict-wracked country’s junta leaders, his ministry said.

UN head Antonio Guterres has warned that a misunderstanding could spark nuclear destruction as the United States, Britain and France urged Russia to stop “its dangerous nuclear rhetoric and behaviour.”

British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement yesterday as party members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.

Aboriginal Senator Lidia Thorpe branded Britain’s Elizabeth II a “colonising” queen yesterday, as the recently elected lawmaker reluctantly swore allegiance while taking the oath of office.

Firefighters in northern California were battling yesterday to gain control over the state’s largest wildfire this year, which claimed two lives after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.

Spain yesterday reported its second monkeypox-related death, bringing to three the number of fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

France’s foreign ministry on Friday summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to Paris to protest against the execution of four political prisoners by the military junta, a diplomatic source told AFP.

Pope Francis yesterday said the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked his ministers, public officials and private sector employees on Friday to stop wearing ties and stay cool as heatwaves sweep parts of Europe, stoking demand for energy-guzzling air-conditioning.

French leader Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed to work “to ease the effects” of the Ukraine war, Macron’s office said

The Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro yesterday vowed to fight on after the latest UK judgment in a long-running legal tussle over who gets to control the oil-rich country’s gold reserves.

Almost 1,500 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe were waiting to disembark on Thursday, NGOs said.

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday (July 28) he was hopeful that the first shipment of grain from a Ukrainian Black Sea port could take place as early as Friday, but "crucial" details for the safe passage of vessels are still being worked out.