At least six people have died in Tennessee as tornadoes and strong thunderstorms moved across the state Saturday. Three people were confirmed dead in Madison, Tennessee, just north of Nashville, emergency management officials said. “We have teams assessing damage and looking

A US university president has quit after her comments about antisemitism on campus during a Congressional hearing triggered a major backlash. Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, refused to say whether students who called for the genocide of Jews would be

A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip - and nine out of 10 people cannot eat

The long list of targets ranges from human traffickers in Southeast Asia involved with "scam farm" operations, Taliban officials responsible for rights abuses in Afghanistan and leaders of gangs ravaging Haiti's population. London said it was hitting 46 individuals and

At least 310 Palestinians were killed in Gaza in a 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday as the Israeli military blasted the enclave from air, land and sea, Al Jazeera reports, citing UN data. About 70% of the almost 17,500 people killed in Gaza since October 7 are said to be

The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. Thirteen Security Council members voted in favour of a brief draft resolution, put forward by the United Arab

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said that the India-US relationship is not based solely on China, but is an alliance that is 'a force of good for the world'.  While addressing the Carnegie Global Tech Summit held on December 6, he also put emphasis on the

Before Israel launched its southern offensive a week ago, US officials told Israel it must limit the toll on civilians – saying too many Palestinians were killed in its operations against Hamas in northern Gaza. Last night, after meeting the UK's Foreign Secretary Lord

Denmark’s parliament has passed a bill that makes it illegal to burn copies of the Quran in public places after protests in Muslim nations over the desecration of Islam’s holy book raised security concerns. The bill, which prohibits “inappropriate treatment of

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Thursday off the coast of the Pacific island nation Vanuatu, but a tsunami threat passed and there were no immediate reports of damage. The offshore quake hit at 1256 GMT at a depth of 48 kilometres (30 miles), around 120 kilometres south of the town

Hong Kong is now a "place full of fear", pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who recently jumped bail, said. Ms Chow was under investigation for "collusion with foreign forces", but had been allowed to study in Canada. The 27-year-old is now a fugitive in Toronto.

Federal prosecutors have filed tax charges against Hunter Biden, a second criminal case against the US president's son. The nine-count indictment says he schemed to evade at least $1.4m (£1.1m) in federal taxes from 2016-19. The three felonies and six misdemeanours include

Police in Nepal have detained 10 people they say charged unemployed youths huge amounts of money for travel visas, then sent them for illegal recruitment into the Russian army, an official said. Nepal asked Moscow this week not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army, and to send

Italy has officially informed China that it is leaving the Belt and Road government Initiative (BRI), two sources told Reuters, ending months of doubt over Rome's future in the ambitious project. Italy in 2019 became the first and so far only major Western nation to join the

Three people were killed and another critically injured in a shooting at a Las Vegas university on Wednesday, police said, with the suspect also dead. The incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a short distance from the gambling hub’s tourist-packed Las Vegas Strip, was

The Russian leader has been bolstering his partnerships with Gulf nations as Moscow faces growing isolation by the West. Escorted by four fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a rare one-day lightning tour to the Middle East during which he visited Saudi Arabia after

Antonio Guterres directly warns Security Council member states that the humanitarian system in Gaza may collapse. In a dramatic move, the UN chief invokes a UN article not used in decades to call on members to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe". He says he expects public

Seventeen people, including a Kenyan national, died when a passenger bus careered off a road on a "killer curve" and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, officials said Wednesday. The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash

Sixty-nine million children — or more than one in five — live in poverty in the world’s 40 richest countries UNICEF said in a report released Wednesday, blasting Britain and France for their particularly bad standings. That’s despite a drop in child poverty

Israel ramps up bombardment across central and southern Gaza, with dozens reported killed in an Israeli attack on homes in Deir el-Balah. UN special rapporteur says “massacre of civilians must be stopped” as Gaza hospitals struggle to cope with surge in number of