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Hong Kong to implement UN sanctions on Russian-owned superyach, not US ones

Hong Kong's John Lee said he will only implement UN sanctions, after the US warned the territory's status as a financial center could be affected if it acts as a safe haven for sanctioned individuals

28 dead as Hurricane Julia drenches Central America with heavy rainfall

Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua

Alarmed UN meets after Russian strikes kill nearly 14 people in Ukraine

The UN General Assembly started debating whether to demand that Russia reverse course on annexing four regions of Ukraine, a discussion that came after Moscow's most extensive missile strikes

Former Fed chair Bernanke shares Nobel economics for research on banks

With their research in the early 1980s, the laureates laid the foundations for regulating financial markets and dealing with financial crises, the panel said

Kyiv, multiple Ukrainian cities hit by Russian missiles at rush hour

Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed

China imposes fresh lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge after holiday

Many in China hope the pandemic policy will ease after the meeting

Malaysian PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November

German expert panel proposes 2-stage energy subsidy to ease high rates

A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing up to 200 billion euros ($195 billion) in subsidies Germany has announced to ease the strain of high energy prices

Russian missiles rock multiple Ukrainian cities, including capital Kyiv

The first strikes on Kyiv in four months targeted the centre of the city and left dead and wounded

Russia trying to 'wipe us off', says Zelenskyy as explosions rock Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine

China's military threats will further divide both sides: Taiwan President

China's threats of military action against Taiwan are absolutely not an option and will only push our two sides further from each other," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Monday

Vladimir Putin calls attack on Kerch Bridge to Crimea 'a terrorist act'

Bastrykin said he had opened a criminal case into an act of terrorism

Ukraine: Russian strikes kill at least 12 people after bridge blast

A Russian missile barrage that crumbled apartment buildings and houses in Ukraine's city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least dozen people, Ukrainian officials said

Donald Trump speaks via video at rally of global far-right in Spain

Trump has thrown his weight behind Spain's far-right in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also featured messages by the leading stars of Europe's populist right like Italy's Giorgia Meloni

F1: Max Verstappen takes 2nd straight drivers' title with Japan win

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen clinched his second consecutive Formula One drivers' title by winning the Japanese Grand Prix in the rain at Suzuka

At least 17 killed in Russian strikes on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight struck apartment buildings and killed at least 17 people, a top official in the Ukrainian city said

5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes central Greece; no damage reported

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit central Greece early Sunday, but there were no early reports of damage or casualties

Palestinian assailant wounds 2 Israelis in shooting in Jerusalem

A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem seriously wounding two people, Israeli authorities said

Putin tightens infrastructure security after blast on Crimea-Russia bridge

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree tightening security for the Kerch Bridge and for energy infrastructure between Crimea and Russia

North Korea launches missile toward sea after US-South Korea drills

The South Korean military said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in the country's barrage of weapons tests in recent days.