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Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40 bn in damages

Pakistan has said that the World Bank estimates this summer's record-breaking floods have caused $40 billion in damages in this impoverished South Asian nation

Russia's Iran made drones complicate Israel's balancing act with the West

The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent slamming into central Kyiv this week have complicated Israel's balancing act between Russia and the West

Cuba seeks to qualify for Football World Cup after almost a century

Every recess, Gabriela Alfonso Cabrera would watch the boys play soccer out of the corner of her eye

N Korea fires artillery shells near border a day after S Korea began drills

North Korea fired artillery shells near its sea border with South Korea late Tuesday, a day after the South began annual military drills to better deal with North Korean provocations.

'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' by Sri Lankan writer wins Booker Prize

Writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction for "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida," a satirical "afterlife noir" set during Sri Lanka's brutal civil war.

Meta agrees to sell Giphy, ending battle with UK regulators

Facebook parent Meta said Tuesday that it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by UK regulators

UK prime minister Liz Truss' waning power brings political plots, and jokes

Powerless, humiliated, labeled a ghost prime minister and compared unfavourably to a head of lettuce this is not a good week for Liz Truss

Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide, cost of living increases

The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village to save money

English rugby bosses to face government on club financial crisis

English rugby bosses are headed to a parliamentary hearing next month to address the game's financial crisis.

As winter approaches Ukrainians dig in for brutal season amid war

Nine-year-old Artem Panchenko helps his grandmother stoke a smoky fire in a makeshift outdoor kitchen beside their nearly abandoned apartment block

Russian warplane crashes into residential area near Sea of Azov, killing 13

A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, leaving at least 13 people dead

Smartphone maker Foxconn unveils electric SUV for Taiwan brand Yulon

The company that assembles smartphones for Apple Inc and other global brands unveiled an electric SUV that will be produced for a Taiwanese automaker under a similar contract model

Taliban killed 27 captives in Afghan's Panjshir Valley last month: Report

The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report

Australia drops recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday.

House panel: Former US Pres Trump's bills to Secret Service 'exorbitant'

Trump's private company arranged for Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of govt-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency

Thousands protest across Haiti as UN to discuss troops deployment

Thousands across Haiti organised protests demanding the prime minister's resignation as the country commemorated the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Shooting disrupts Bolsonaro-backed Sao Paulo candidate's campaign stop

A Sao Paulo gubernatorial candidate's campaign event in the Paraisopolis neighbourhood came to an abrupt halt when gunfire erupted outside

2 killed in north-central Nigeria after gunmen attack church during service

Gunmen attacked a church in north-central Nigeria during a service, killing a woman and her young daughter, a government official said as the hunt for the suspects intensified

Global shares mostly higher as markets eye China's Communist Party meeting

Global shares were mostly higher on Monday as investors kept their eyes on a weeklong Communist Party congress in China

Floods in southeast Australia could inundate or isolate 34,000 homes

Around 34,000 homes could be inundated or isolated in Victoria state as a flood emergency continues across parts of Australia's southeast, an official said Monday.