U_S_ special envoy for climate John Kerry says that Washington is looking into the possibility of introducing a fee on imports from countries that don’t tax heavy polluters, but cautioned that such a move could carry risks “downstream.”
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One of two candidates running against longtime Syrian ruler Bashar Assad is casting himself as the first opposition representative to vie for the country’s top post
The famed Darwin’s Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top, and officials are blaming natural erosion of the stone
Paul Rusesabagina alleges he was tortured by Rwandan authorities for several days at an unknown location after he unintentionally traveled to Kigali last August.
Sri Lanka’s top court has decided that some provisions of legislation to set up a powerful economic commission in a Chinese-built port city violate the constitution and require approval by a public referendum to become law
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is touting the Biden administration's abrupt shift in its predecessor's climate policies as he visits Iceland for talks with senior officials from the world's Arctic nations
EU foreign ministers are set to meet to weigh how best to use the 27-nation bloc's political clout to help diplomatic efforts to end the fighting between the Israeli army and Palestinians militants
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 3,200 rockets at Israeli cities since the latest war erupted over a week ago
Spain is facing a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to swim or paddle in inflatable boats onto European soil
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is defending the freezing of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s assets as a necessary move under the city’s new national security law to protect the safety of all Chinese people
Israel has carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in the Gaza Strip, levelling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City
A report by the International Energy Agency says immediate action is needed to reshape the world’s energy sector in order to meet ambitious climate goals by 2050
Once a desolate home mostly to polar bears, Russia’s northernmost military outpost is bristling with missiles and radar
The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the western coast
Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza, a week into their fourth war
Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow has called for plurality to be respected, in a time of polarization in the city's Catholic community
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's Cabinet chief and other allies have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America deemed corrupt by the U.S. State Department
The Japanese economy has contracted at an annual rate of 5.1% in January-March, slammed by a plunge in spending over the coronavirus pandemic
Mexico's president has presented an apology for a 1911 massacre in which over 300 Chinese people were slaughtered by troops and residents in the northern city of Torreón
Chileans favored left-leaning independent candidates in electing an assembly that will draft a new constitution, replacing the one imposed in the 1980s during the military dictatorship
Israeli warplanes continued to bombard the Gaza Strip on Monday, a day after carrying out the deadliest single attack there in the latest outbreak of violence.
Israel is promoting tourism in Dubai even amid a surge of airstrikes on Gaza City that killed at least 42 people in just the last day
The chairman of the Middle East’s largest airlines says its passenger levels plummeted by 70% last year due to the coronavirus pandemic
Panama has raised capacity on public transportation across the country, a day after celebrating the first day in 14 months without a COVID-19 death
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The European Union says that it will redouble its efforts to end the upsurge in violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants and will seek progress during a special meeting of its foreign ministers on Tuesday
South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million elderly citizens over the age of 60 by the end of June
British vacationers have begun arriving in large numbers in southern Portugal for the first time in more than a year
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Denmark for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grow for the Biden administration to take a tougher, more active stance on the increasing Israeli-Palestinian violence
Samoa appears set to get its first woman leader after the nation’s top court on Monday reinstated the results of a knife-edge election last month
The Israeli military has unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip It says it destroyed 15 kilometers (nine miles) of militant tunnels and the homes of nine alleged Hamas commanders
Israel is promoting tourism in Dubai even amid a surge of airstrikes on Gaza City that killed at least 42 people in just the last day
A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea is moving toward India’s western coast, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspend COVID-19 vaccinations in one state
The U.S. and British embassies in Myanmar have expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule
Two people were killed, including a 12-year-old, and dozens were injured after a bleacher collapsed during a Shavuot service in Jerusalem, officials said.
Ukraine seized 1,500 bottles of a liquor made by scientists from apples grown in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
The 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation has opened an emergency meeting over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s militant Hamas rulers
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The Israeli military says it has targeted the home of Gaza's top Hamas leader after nearly a week of heavy airstrikes and rocket fire into Israel from the territory ruled by the Islamic militant group
The U.S. and British embassies in Myanmar have expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in a western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule
Ioannis Lagos, a Greek far-right member of the European Parliament, was extradited to Greece Saturday to begin serving a 13-year prison sentence
An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a high-rise building that was home to The Associated Press’ offices in the Gaza Strip
French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons on defiant protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip despite a ban on Saturday’s demonstration in the French capital
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have arrested at least 21 people for expressing solidarity with Palestine and rallying against Israel’s military offensive against Gaza
A drastically scaled-back version of a Hindu chariot festival took place in Nepal’s capital amid strict COVID-19 restrictions
Residents in Gaza and Israel told ABC News of the fear and uncertainty during the worst violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict in years.
Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations to hold a meeting Sunday
Across Poland people are taking off masks and making toasts as restaurants, bars and pubs re-open for the first time in seven months
An Israeli air raid in Gaza City has killed at least seven Palestinians in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week
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