Natural calamities and harsh weather dominated news headlines in 2023. Seismic tremors, massive floods, raging wildfires, unrelenting droughts, landslides, cyclones and storms hit around the…
Bwei Hali, 35, was preparing to have a grand Christmas celebration in Plateau, North-central Nigeria, when he started receiving phone calls from neighbouring villages that…
This year saw an increase in natural disasters the world over, from floods in Libya and New York and deadly wildfires in Hawaii and Greece…
An American destroyer intercepted four drones fired by Houthi militants into the busy shipping lanes of the Red Sea, as the escalating crisis saw two…
Weeks of restricted access to food in the Gaza Strip have culminated in severe hunger and growing risks of famine in the besieged enclave. Since…
As the Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for a long-delayed vote on a pause in fighting to allow…
The proportion of households affected by acute food insecurity is largest ever recorded globally, the report says. The entire 2.3 million population of Gaza is facing…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron hit back Wednesday against speculation he has become a lame-duck president paving the way for the far right to…
PARIS ― French President Emmanuel Macron scored a Pyrrhic victory late Tuesday night after passing a flagship immigration bill in a vote that leaves his…
There have been a total of 28 United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) on the climate crisis to date, but only the last one, convened…
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Devmith Kaggodarachchi’s beachfront hotel in the southwestern coastal town of Hikkaduwa, a tourist hotspot 136km (85 miles) from the capital Colombo, is…
More than 300 people were rescued in the Australian state of Queensland overnight, as military helicopters assisted areas cut off by flooding, officials said on…
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, there is growing concern over humanitarian conditions in the besieged enclave. Before the Israel-Hamas war, more than 500…
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and the United States have been engaged in an almost open nuclear game, but in different forms…
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights crisis”,…
A WOMAN who got pregnant at 15 and decided to keep the baby has shared all of the things she regrets about her decision, and…
“Will there be rain? I can’t tell. People used to come to me for advice, but now I tell them that I am also wondering…
IEA report says demand is expected to grow in India, China but decline in United States, European Union. Global coal use is expected to reach…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in…
In three critical arenas — the halls of Congress, European capitals and on the battlefield — Ukraine’s war effort has encountered a storm of stalemates…