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2 staff members reported dead in explosion outside Kabul's Russian Embassy

Russian Foreign Ministry says two of its embassy staff were killed by an explosion outside Russia's Embassy in Kabul

Turkey's annual inflation passes 80% in August after interest rate cut

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the lira's decline have stoked inflation. The lira has plunged over 50% against the U.S. dollar since the central bank began cutting rates

Macron urges French to save energy, seeks 10% drop in use amid crisis

The best energy is that which we don't consume, the French leader said at a news conference, where he urged French businesses and households to save energy

China locks down 65 mn citizens as national holiday travel peak looms

China has placed tens of millions of people under lockdowns that have been ruthlessly applied, sometimes preventing residents from obtaining food, health care and basic necessities

Global stocks sink as Europe faces new squeeze on Russian gas supply

Markets were roiled by Russian energy giant Gazprom's announcement Friday that a suspension of gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would be extended indefinitely

US B-52 bombers fly over Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran

The bombers took off from the Royal Air Force base at Fairford, England, and flew over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday

Flights grounded, 200 evacuated in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor nears

South Korea's weather agency said the country will start to feel the full force of Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, by early on Tuesday

Coco Gauff beats China's Zhang Shuai to reach US Open quarterfinals

Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd that was standing and screaming

Canadian police search Saskatchewan province for suspects in stabbing case

Canadian police searched across the province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings

University students among 2 dead, 5 injured in Norfolk, Virginia shooting

Two people were killed and five others were injured in a shooting in Norfolk, Virginia

Israeli military body announces new rules for foreigners in West Bank

COGAT, the Israeli body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, on Sunday stepped back from a number of controversial restrictions that had appeared in a draft of the rules published earlier

Former US prez Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

Former US president Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT

Some states could tax US President Biden's student loan debt relief

President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers, but the tax man may demand a cut of the relief in some states

Verstappen wins Dutch Grand Prix to seal 10th win and extend F1 lead

Max Verstappen made quick work of a safety car restart to win the Dutch Grand Prix in front of 100,000 adoring fans, and make it four straight wins for the first time in his F1 career

Experts point to Trump's unprecedented disregard of post-presidency norms

National security experts say recent revelations point to an unprecedented disregard of post-presidency norms established after the Watergate era

East China suspends ferries, classes as nation braces for typhoon

Cities in eastern China have suspended ferry services and suspended classes as they brace for the arrival of Typhoon Hinnamnor

Kylian Mbappe scores twice in Paris Saint-Germain win but Vitinha injured

Undefeated in six league matches including five wins and 24 goals scored, Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappe are in scintillating form ahead of next week's Champions League clash with Juventus

With no immunity, Sri Lanka's ousted prez Rajapaksa faces legal troubles

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional immunity, a lawyer said

Indonesia hikes fuel prices by 30% across country, cuts energy subsidies

Fuel prices increased by about 30 per cent across Indonesia on Saturday after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies

Fuel leak disrupts NASA's second shot at launching moon rocket Artemis I

NASA's new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fuelling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard