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World Press Freedom Day this year highlights threats to media, especially online.

New limits on abortion rights are being pursued in the US and other countries.

Drug company McKesson will pay $197m, while AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health will each pay $160.5m.

There are positive signs that people are itching to travel after more than two years of COVID-19 restrictions.

US President Joe Biden says military assistance to Ukraine is a 'direct investment' in defence of democracy.

Washington closed its consular services in Havana in 2017 after US personnel suffered from mystery illnesses.

France's Emmanuel Macron urges the Russian president to restart evacuation efforts at the Azovstal plant in Ukraine.

Russian foreign ministry says Israel supports 'neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv', escalating a diplomatic dispute.

The oil cartel has struggled for months to revive oil supplies halted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson also announced another military aid package as he spoke to legislators via video link.

Chief Justice Roberts says leaked draft decision to overturn precedent-setting abortion ruling is real but not final.

Dozens of evacuees from Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia as Russia resumes attacks on the besieged Azovstal steel plant.

Brittney Griner has been held by Russia since February after authorities said she was carrying a vape with cannabis.

For years, the bolivar drifted towards irrelevancy as locals embraced the use of the US dollar.

Pope Francis says he made a request to meet Russian president three weeks after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

The United States job market is on a red-hot streak.

Several US states have abortion bans and restrictions that may go into effect if the landmark 1973 ruling is reversed.

Maharashtra health official says the deaths were from 'suspected heat stroke', with many reported in rural areas.

To meet their climate goals, EU countries are relying on a controversial ‘renewable’ energy source.

The European Union is debating new proposals for sanctions, which could include a phased-in embargo on Russian oil.

Moscow's move amid its war on Ukraine has fortified a growing separation between the long-standing allies.

The move disappointed investors who were hoping products would continue to drive growth.

Mario Draghi calls for EU enlargement eastwards as well as EU treaty revision to streamline decision-making in the bloc.

In Malawi, floods have become more frequent and intense in recent years and the damage has been more devastating.

The al-Shabab attack comes amid a protracted political crisis in Somalia and a drought crisis in the Horn of Africa.

Moscow may annex Luhansk and Donetsk 'republics' mid-May and turn Kherson into proxy state, US ambassador to OSCE says.

President Samia Hassan is mending frayed relations with the West and getting neglected projects back on stream.

Internet connections cut and a curfew imposed following unrest between Hindus and Muslims in Rajasthan state.

Amid the devastation of Russia's invasion, activists are battling to save Ukraine’s rich Soviet-era architecture.

The billionaire pledged changes that could mean the 'end of online anonymous activism' for thousands in the Middle East.

About 59 percent of adults in Europe are overweight or obese, according to a new report presented by the WHO.

From President Zelenskyy down, Ukrainian officials have come up with increasingly frank ways to articulate the conflict.

If it wins Thursday's assembly election, Sinn Féin will be the strongest party on both sides of the Irish border.

Asia's one-time bastion of free speech has been battered by national security legislation, says media watchdog.

Vast swaths of Mali lie beyond government control because of armed group activity, which began in 2012.

It is still not clear what policies a Musk-owned Twitter would pursue. But there is a reason for cautious optimism.

The company's test is partially successful as it attempts to make its boosters reusable.

The 1973 ruling prohibited states from banning abortions across the US and is a bedrock of modern US abortion rights.

The 1973 ruling, reportedly set to be overturned, is the basis for modern federal protection for US abortion rights.

On shift with Tarren-Lynn January in her all-women bush firefighting crew in South Africa.

Venezuelan leader says talks aimed at deepening 'ties of brotherhood and cooperation in energy matters'.

If no action is taken, the upcoming midterms may mark the beginning of the end for multiracial democracy in the US.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 69th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Draft opinion shows Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark ruling allowing abortion for women across the US.

Abductions have become a near-daily occurrence in Nigeria's northwest region, including the March 28 train attack.

More than 85 percent of the world has seen a decrease in press freedom in their country in the past five years.

A worsening economy and a greatly reduced electricity supply has left Syrians relying on old-fashioned ways for power.

On the road with heavy-duty truck driver Clémentine, contemplating her life in Ivory Coast.

Following Russia's invasion and media crackdown, independent outlet DOXA - like others - had to reinvent itself.

Police discovery of dead woman in Monterrey highlights persistent gender-based violence emergency.