Wearing white overalls and red fez hats, dozens of Samaritan men slaughtered sheep for Passover Friday as prayers in ancient Hebrew echoed across Mount Gerizim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

For more than three years, countries have been negotiating an international agreement on tackling future pandemics aimed to help avoid repeating the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis.

The United Nations' humanitarian body on Friday announced plans to reduce its staff of more than 2,000 people by 20 percent, citing "a wave of brutal cuts." ...

Member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime emissions, the UN shipping body announced on Friday.

Gale-force winds are sweeping across northern China and are expected to persist through Sunday, prompting authorities to implement measures to ensure public safety.

A reduction in the number of US soldiers in eastern Europe would be seen as Washington moving another step closer to Moscow and a worrying sign for Europeans, according to analysts.

A group of US senators on Friday urged the government's markets watchdog to investigate whether President Donald Trump or White House insiders broke securities laws ahead of his dramatic reversal on ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, April 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — To accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ...

A Russian former minister was on Friday sentenced by a British judge to more than three years in prison for breaching sanctions, in the first such UK case.

Ethiopia on Friday appointed a former rebel and recently ousted Tigrayan leader as a government minister, a move analysts fear could exacerbate divisions in the increasingly restive northern region.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday that US Treasury bonds were still a safe place to invest in a "turbulent" world, but acknowledged an impact from recent market volatility.

A group of 11 Russians detained in Tunisia last November on allegations of "terrorism" have been released and will soon head home, Russian state media reported Friday.