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Washington has resisted calls from the Taliban to release the $7bn in frozen funds currently held in US banks.

The number of Americans either working or looking for a job is still down from pre-pandemic levels.

Dozens of people take to streets of government-held Syrian city for fifth day as anger grows over lifting of subsidies.

A deepening political deadlock has raised fears of further instability in the oil-rich, conflict-torn country.

French and Belgian authorities move to bar protests over pandemic restrictions inspired by blockades in Canada.

Social media outburst puts France's treatment of its minority Muslim population back in the spotlight.

Dozens of Cameroonian asylum seekers mistreated by the US and abused on return home between 2019-2021, report finds.

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija says he has fled Uganda for treatment after he was tortured during a month in detention.

Those sentenced include student leader Lesther Aleman and prominent opposition leader Dora Maria Tellez.

Advocates say the first six weeks of 2022 have been the deadliest for journalists in Mexico in 10 years.

'We've seen this return of the politicised athlete ... There's been an explosion of politics over the last decade.'

President Embalo says former navy chief Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto and two aides arrested over failed coup.

Asia's diesel market is tightening as reduced supplies from China coincide with production issues and rising demand.

Bankers vindicated as prosecutors conclude there is 'no longer reasonable prospects of conviction'.

The second of a two-part investigation on criminal corruption in the international food business.

Olympic testers say trimetazidine was found in a sample taken at the Russian national championships in December.

Accident comes as businesses face greater scrutiny under new work safety laws.

Civil society watchers see price hikes as pretext to dampen organising of dissent against the military government.

Resignation comes after she lost the confidence of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Decision follows years of lobbying by conservation groups amid catastrophic declines in iconic species' population.

Western Australia, which is sealed off from the rest of Australia, produces 30 percent of the world's iron ore.

State Department warns it will not be able to evacuate US citizens in event of Russian military action.

US will do 'do everything' it can to help UAE defend itself against Houthi attacks, head of US Central Command says.

Amir Locke, a Black man, was shot and killed by police who entered apartment where he was sleeping in Minneapolis, US

Indonesia - an archipelago of 17,000 islands - is modernising its military amid increasing regional challenges.

Author says Trump claims Kim is the only foreign leader he has corresponded with since leaving office.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.1 percent.

New law will eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct.

As the country faces one of highest jobless rates globally, South African president pledges 'to leave no one behind'.

Lavrov says 'facts' presented by his team 'bounced off' their British counterparts as Truss threatened tough sanctions.

Striking workers used burning tires to block a main road and police tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas.

Ban on headscarves in classrooms triggers protests and debate about rights.

Workers' efforts to organise has drawn support from some prominent politicians in the area.

Former Alaska governor is suing New York Times over 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting.

Anez could be sentenced to 12 years in prison if she is found guilty of unconstitutionally assuming the presidency.

The allegations, from people born between 1933 and 2006, tell of psychological torment kept secret for decades.

Armed group al-Shabab claims responsibility for attack in which suicide bomber targeted a minibus in Mogadishu.

Shahd Abusalama's case demonstrated the precarious situation Palestinian academics face in the UK.

The former senior adviser to former US President Donald Trump also met Aramco's CEO on that trip.

Trucker blockade shuts auto plants as US Homeland Security warns of looming convoy from California to Washington, DC.

Charles recently met with his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, but the monarch was not displaying symptoms, UK media report.

The head of WHO Africa says the continent is transitioning to a phase of managing the virus in the long term.

Figuring out whom the crypto belongs to may not be simple.

“The question everybody is asking is, will Russia invade?”

Eastern-based parliament says it has chosen former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha as the interim leader.

The ejection of monitors opened the door to 'unchecked, horrific violations', says the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Offensive against the Houthi rebels marks a shift in the UAE’s military strategy in Yemen.

Tesla in a recent blog post asked the court to pause the case and take other steps to ensure that facts will be heard.

Forced from their homes in 1944 and 2014, Crimean Tatars fear the effect of more Russia-Ukraine tensions.

The probe comes after the National Archives retrieved 15 boxes of White House documents from one of Trump's residences.