World
Israeli PM, CIA chief meet with focus on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns met here to discuss Iran and strengthen...
Speed of Taliban advance revives worries about value of US commitments
The rapid collapse of regular Afghan forces has dismayed US allies, including those that have contributed troops to the US-led coalition, and revived...
Russian, US defense chiefs discuss strategic stability
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the results of recent bilateral consultations on strategic...
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn
Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria,...
Sydney seeks to tighten COVID-19 curbs, Canberra to enter lockdown
Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on...
US Covid hospitalisations, deaths likely to increase in next 4 weeks:...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published ensemble forecasts indicating the country's Covid-19 hospitalisations and deaths...
Biden urged to take urgent steps to confront global Covid spread
More than 175 American public health experts, scientists and activists have urged US President Joe Biden to take urgent steps to confront the global...
More countries, territories report Covid variants: WHO
The number of countries, areas, or territories reporting various variants of Covid-19 has continued to increase after the global infection tally...