The Palestinian and Qatari Red Crescent set up a Qatari field hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza. The hospital, which they aim to open in a week, will have 50 beds, including an operating room and intensive care...
Almost 2,000 people who died during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and whose bodies were never claimed were laid to rest in Los Angeles on Thursday.
The cremated remains were put in a communal grave in...
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela agreed to avoid any escalation of conflict amid a recent heightening of tensions over an oil-rich and disputed border area.
Tension over the land, which amounts to about two-...
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual press conference in Moscow on Thursday. He answered questions from reporters and viewers during the hours-long press conference, a week after he announced he would...
The United States wants the war between Israel and Hamas to "end as soon as possible," the White House said Thursday, after Israel's defense minister told a top US official that the conflict would...
The World Bank has announced the approval of a project expected to create about 45,000 new jobs in Kenya. The bank's initiative, known as the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation Project (KJET), aims to...
Disaster-response teams fanned out across northeastern Australia on Thursday, counting the cost of a tropical cyclone that flooded major highways, uprooted trees, and left 40,000 without power. Coastal...
Defence ministers of Japan, the UK and Italy sign a treaty on establishing a programm to jointly develop an advanced fighter jet by 2035.
Grant Shapps, British Defence Minister said "This major programme...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a ceremony to celebrate Brazilian Sailor's Day at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, during which he gives an honorary medal to members of the Brazilian Navy...
Chile destroys more than 25,000 firearms and accessories, the biggest number since 1990.
More than 8,000 of the weapons were seized by authorities, while about 13,000 were voluntarily surrendered as part of a...