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Two killed in Brussels shooting; police shoot dead suspected extremist

Police spokeswoman Ilse Vande Keere said officers arrived soon at the scene, and sealed off the immediate neighborhood. She declined to elaborate on the circumstances of the shooting

Biden to travel to Israel on Oct 18 amid concern that conflict could expand

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden's travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire and as Israel prepares for a possible ground attack

In Brazil's Amazon, rivers fall to record low levels during drought

The Negro River, the Amazon's second largest tributary, on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago

UNSC rejects Russia's resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas

Britain's UN ambassador, Barbara Woodward, said it would be unconscionable for this council to ignore the largest terror attack in Israel's history

How China's BRI is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts

The shift comes as leaders from across the developing world descend on Beijing this week for a government-organized forum on what is known as BRI for short

Joe Biden consults with world leaders on edge over Israel-Hamas war

Biden spoke over phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about the fallout

Trump vows to ban Hamas sympathisers from US if he wins a second term

No longer will we allow dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs to get residency in our country, he said

Israel suspends exports to Colombia over its prez's criticism of Gaza seige

The South American nation uses Israeli-built war planes and machine guns to fight drug cartels and rebel groups and both countries also signed a free trade agreement in 2020

Gaza's limited water supply raises concerns as conflict intensifies

Gaza is running out of water, and Gaza is running out of life, said Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the UN agency for Palestinians

2020 election case: Federal judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump

The order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is a milestone moment in the federal case that accuses Trump of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

Ford executive chair Bill Ford calls on autoworkers to end strike

Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville

Fukushima nuclear wastewater: Japan criticises Russian ban on its seafood

The ministry called Moscow's restrictions unjust and said they go counter to the global move toward easing or lifting of import restrictions on Japanese food

Pfizer cuts full-year outlook due to declining sales of Covid-19 products

Shares of Pfizer slid nearly 3 per cent before the opening bell Monday and Moderna, which makes a competing vaccine, slid as well

Putin's visit to Beijing underscores China's economic support for Russia

The two countries have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that's now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war

Migrant boat sinking off Greek island leaves 3 dead, 2 missing, 8 rescued

Authorities said they recovered the bodies of two men and one woman from the sea. Survivors said two more people in the dinghy were believed to have managed to reach the shore on their own

Australian watchdog fines X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content

The commission issued legal transparency notices early this year to X and other platforms questioning what they were doing to tackle a proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion

Palestinians scramble to find food, safety, water as Israeli invasion looms

Israel said it has already struck dozens of military targets, including command centres and rocket launchers, and also killed Hamas commanders

EU leaders to hold summit with Western Balkans nations for joining the bloc

The nations in the region are Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia

Leaders from emerging economies visiting China for 'Belt and Road' forum

Under the initiative, a signature policy of Xi Jinping, Chinese companies have built ports, roads, railways, power plants around the world in a bid to boost trade and economic growth

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed with patients, low on supplies as invasion looms

Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hamas' deadly attack