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World Bank President Ajay Banga said Tuesday that he is working to reform the "dysfunctional" development lender, and pledged to refocus its mission to better address the challenges posed by climate change.
The father of a victim of the IRA terror bombing in Warrington in 1993 said it "bothers" him that the Ireland rugby players sing the Cranberries song "Zombie" at the end of their Rugby World Cup matches.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday against a new atomic arms race bringing the threat of "annihilation" to the world, as North Korea charged that its peninsula was on the brink of nuclear war.
A Polish man who used a ceremonial pike to confront an Islamist extremist who had fatally stabbed two people in central London in 2019 was awarded a bravery medal on Tuesday.
A continuous stream of vehicles crept along the only road out of Nagorno-Karabakh towards Armenia, carrying tens of thousands of refugees now faced with an uncertain future.
Russia on Tuesday rejected an appeal lodged by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny against a court decision to jail him for 19 years in a maximum security prison on extremism charges.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the world was plunging into a new nuclear arms race and warned of the shadow of "annihilation" hanging over the world.
British opposition party the Liberal Democrats on Tuesday promised a closer relationship with Europe if they come to power, but rowed back on a previous pledge to rejoin the bloc.
Most global stock markets fell Tuesday as investors grow increasingly concerned that US interest rates will rise again and stay elevated for a prolonged period to tame inflation.
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday sent its first delegation in three decades to the occupied West Bank to reassure Palestinians that it will defend their cause even as it forges closer ties with Israel.
Azerbaijani borders guards on Tuesday sought out "war crime" suspects in a sea of Armenian refugees flooding out of Nagorno-Karabakh after Baku claimed control of the separatist statelet in a lightning offensive last week.
The EU's digital chief Thierry Breton told Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday that the iPhone maker must open up its products to competitors as part of Brussels' tough curbs on tech behemoths.
A Saudi envoy on a rare visit to the occupied West Bank pledged Tuesday that the Palestinian cause will be "a cornerstone" of any normalisation deal the oil-rich kingdom may strike with Israel.
Recent bullish statements by Saudi and Israeli leaders have fuelled speculation that a landmark normalisation deal is in the offing, despite daunting hurdles that have yet to be cleared.
Asian and European stocks fell Tuesday but the dollar soared as investors grow increasingly concerned that US interest rates will rise again and stay elevated for a prolonged period to tame inflation.
Thousands more Armenian refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday as officials in Azerbaijan's war-scarred separatist statelet raised the death toll from a fuel blast to 20.
UK interior minister Suella Braverman was on Tuesday to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention was "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech at a US think-tank in Washington.
Markets fell further Tuesday as investors grew increasingly fearful about another possible US interest rate hike and the prospect they will be kept elevated for some time to combat persistent inflation.
China said on Tuesday it had agreed with Japan and South Korea to hold a summit between the three countries' leaders "as early as possible", after a rare meeting between senior diplomats in Seoul.
South Korea on Tuesday staged its first military parade in a decade, showcasing its advanced arsenal in the face of plummeting ties with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Beijing warned Manila on Tuesday not to "stir up trouble" after the Philippine Coast Guard said it removed a floating barrier at a disputed reef that was allegedly deployed by China to block Filipinos from the traditional fishing ground.
Markets fell further Tuesday as investors grew increasingly fearful about another possible US interest rate hike and the prospect they will be kept elevated for some time to combat persistent inflation.
Thousands more refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday as officials in the self-proclaimed republic said a fuel depot explosion the previous day had killed 20 people.
Alibaba was among the high-profile Chinese tech companies brought to heel by the ruling Communist Party, but the Asian Games in the firm's home city are proving to be a golden opportunity.
Slovak ex-premier Robert Fico, whose Smer-SD party is tipped to win the snap election on Saturday, is a former Communist Party member who may sway his country's foreign policy in favour of the Kremlin.
The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their hands.
Markets fell further Tuesday as investors grew increasingly fearful about another possible US interest rate hike and the prospect they will be kept elevated for some time to combat persistent inflation.
Envoys from Baku and Yerevan prepared to meet in Brussels for talks on Tuesday as thousands of refugees fled Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan's lightning takeover of the majority ethnic Armenian enclave.
"I have lost what I held most dear -- my country." So runs the sad refrain of thousands of residents of Nagorno Karabakh after the predominantly Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan fell to the Azeri military.
The United States said Monday it will "evaluate" its next steps on the crisis in Niger after France announced a full troop withdrawal as demanded by the nation's military coup leaders.
President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France will triple its heat pump production over the next four years as part of a government climate plan.
Private network Iran International TV said Monday that it was broadcasting again from London having shut down its studios earlier this year due to threats it blamed on Tehran.