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At least 261 dead in India's worst rail accident in over two decades

At least 261 people have died and 650 injured in India's worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a three-train collision in the easte

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UN chief calls for 'immediate' funding for Horn of Africa

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on nations to immediately ramp up funding to prevent a "catastrophe" in the Horn of Africa, which is suffe

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Washington's attempts to impose U.S.-style democracy a 'spectacular failure' in targeted countries, says expert

Washington's attempts to impose a U.S.-style democracy on countries like Iraq and Libya using primarily military means have been a "spectacular" failure. These countrie

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Storms cause power outages in California and northeast

Yorkworstatmospheric river dumped more torrential rain on California on Wednesday forcing evacuations power outages and road closures while the remnants of a powerful

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Japanese people protest against plan for radioactive water discharge

worstwouldJapanese government and Tokyo Electric Power are facing an angry backlash from the public for their radioactive wastewater discharge plan as people in Tokyo

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S. Africa's Ramaphosa adds electricity minister ahead of 2024 election

solveworstAfrican President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday appointed a new electricity minister in an effort to try to solve the worst power cuts on record in the country.

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Hopes to find quake survivors dying, WHO says north Syria of 'greatest concern'

workersWorldof finding survivors from last weeks devastating earthquakes are fading despite two women being pulled from the rubble in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras

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Türkiye-Syria quakes: Survivors still being pulled out as rescue enters 7th day

worstworkerspulled at least nine survivors from earthquake rubble on Sunday Turkish state media Anadolu reported six days after one of the worst natural disasters to

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British firefighters postpone strikes after new offer

yearyearfirefighters postponed strike action to vote on an improved pay offer the Fire Brigades Union FBU said on Thursday giving some relief to the government after a

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Pavel wins Czech Presidency after bitter election campaign

Voters in Czechia have elected retired NATO General Petr Pavel to become the country's next president.Pavel defeated former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in a run-o

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The end of the myth of U.S. manifest destiny

The U.S. believes in manifest destiny – that the country is preordained to expand its dominion and lead the world in the transition to democracy. First coined to justif

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Russia claims 600 Ukrainian soldiers killed in 'retaliatory strike' on barracks

Russia claims to have killed "more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen" in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk as a "retaliatory strike" for the deaths of 89 soldiers wh

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U.S Texas governor drops busloads migrants near Democrat Vice President's home

The White House on Monday accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants from the southwestern border in Texas who were dropped near

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Netanyahu says he has secured deal to form new Israeli government

Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that he had secured a deal to form a new government after weeks of unexpectedly tough negoti

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U.S. surpasses 100 million confirmed COVID-19 cases

As the United States struggles with multiple viruses, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country surpassed 100 million on Tuesday, according to data fr

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Global charity warns of deadly malnutrition in Somalia

More than 500,000 children in Somalia are expected to face the most deadly form of malnutrition by April 2023 due to severe drought, higher food prices, conflict and di

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Sri Lanka's Parliamant approves budget amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a budget Thursday that includes reforms aimed at improving the country's finances as it attempts to recover from its worst economic cris