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Amid an outpouring of grief, Sri Lanka's president orders that cadaver of Nadungamuwa Raja be preserved for posterity.

Non-Yazidi women who were raped say they have been rejected by their families and abandoned by their government.

Presidential candidate's pledge to build shopping complex spotlights regionalism and suspicion of big business.

Head of the country's Roman Catholic Church tells UNHCR the massacre now appears to be 'a grand political plot'.

Russians have few options when it comes to the media and a pro-war movement using the letter Z as a symbol, is rising.

Kremlin threatens to cut Europe's gas supply, warns oil prices could top $300 per barrel if West bans Russian oil.

Latest sanctions target 20 Russians, including deputy chiefs of staff for President Vladimir Putin's administration.

Russia's UN envoy announces new ceasefire for Tuesday, says Ukrainians can choose 'where they want to be evacuated to'.

Russians are facing a future with little or no international air travel amid the ostracisation of its aviation sector.

Defectors say at least 2,500 soldiers have deserted Myanmar's military since last year's coup.

As Ukraine urges no-fly zone, officials and experts warn of spiralling escalation if NATO gets directly involved in war.

Fewer than 150 wild tigers remain in Malaysia's forests, where 3,000 once roamed in the 1950s.

Russia's UN envoy announces new ceasefire for Tuesday, says Ukrainians can choose 'where they want to be evacuated to'.

The turmoil on global financial markets intensified Monday as US stocks plunged the most in 17 months.

Ukraine says Russian shelling prevented the evacuation of civilians from cities including Kyiv, Mariupol and Kharkiv.

As Russia intensifies invasion, world leaders are ramping up efforts to find a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.

Bank Audi pressures dual nationals to agree to waive their rights to take foreign currency, or risk losing the accounts.

US military's decision comes after thousands were sickened by jet-fuel-contaminated water at Pearl Harbor.

Russian forces pressed on with their seiges and bombing of Ukrainian cities on the 12th day of the war.

Officials said women and children were aboard the wooden boat, and 163 people swam to the US shore.

Experts say dry conditions and shredded trees left by a 2018 hurricane in the US state are to blame for the blazes.

The US approach to cryptocurrency has attracted new attention in recent weeks as Washington levies sanctions on Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Sunday that Moscow was 'preparing to bomb Odesa'.

It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August.

Cosby has claimed he relied on a US prosecutor's promise of immunity when he gave potentially incriminating testimony.

An agreement on Iran's nuclear deal appeared imminent, but a new Russian demand has cast doubt over the talks.

This weekend, Zakhida Adylova decided to flee Kyiv for Lviv in the west with her family.

A snap from a CEO lunch at this year's Munich Security Conference yet again demonstrated who continues to run the world.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Baltics after visiting Moldova and Poland, will travel next to France.

Western sanctions have shut Russia out of the global financial system. Can it rely on oil and gas? Will China help?

President Kais Saied appoints temporary top judicial council, a body he dissolved last month amid widespread criticism.

Turkish foreign minister says the two top diplomats agreed to meet on the side of a forum in southern Turkey.

Rising food prices can be hugely destabilizing.

The decree signed by the Hungarian leader also permits weapons shipments to cross its territory to other NATO members.

Ukraine seeks emergency order from ICJ to halt hostility on its territory, arguing Russia falsely applied genocide law.

Hundreds of Ukraine's Roma people face uncertain future in Moldova's capital Chisinau as many are not documented.

Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of Ukrainian cities in the centre, north and south of the country.

China has little to gain from continuing to support Russia's irrational war on Ukraine.

State media say missile attack also caused some material damage south of the capital.

The decision comes as Moscow cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia's war in Ukraine.

The International Criminal Court is investigating Russia's president over possible war crimes in Ukraine.

When the recently married resident of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province disappeared, her family feared the worst.

Remittances to Central Asian republic have plunged in value amid sanctions intended to hit Russia over war in Ukraine.

Marion Marechal Le Pen officially backs Eric Zemmour in the April 2022 presidential elections.

Ukrainian leader accuses Moscow of targeting civilians, saying Kyiv will 'punish everyone who committed atrocities'.

Brent leaps to almost $140 a barrel, the highest level since 2008.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its twelfth day, we take a look at the major developments.

Russian gymnast who sported letter linked to invasion of Ukraine on medals podium blasted by sport body.

Moves are latest measures intended to punish Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

M Ravi takes on the cases few want to touch, and is convinced Singapore will eventually abolish the death penalty.