China will "gradually raise" its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, as the country confronts an ageing population and a dwindling pension budget.The top legislative body...

Getty ImagesThe UK has supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine after a request from Kyiv for its fight against invading Russian forcesThere are strong indications that the US...

After days of mounting bilateral tensions, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil has summoned Spain’s ambassador in Caracas in order to protest at a minister’s description of his country’s government...

Getty ImagesDamage on the outskirts of Masyaf this weekDetails are emerging of an apparent raid by Israeli special forces on a "Hezbollah missile production facility" in Syria. Israel's government...

Boeing workers have gone on strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a tentative deal between union representatives and the plane maker that included a 25% pay rise.More than 30,000 workers...

Australia has stripped senior defence commanders of military honours over alleged war crimes committed under their watch in Afghanistan.In parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Richard Marles said they would...

The United States has announced it is placing sanctions on 16 officials who are closely aligned with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following his disputed election victory.The US Treasury said...

As mpox cases continue to increase in parts of Africa, questions are being asked about how countries, if they can even get vaccines, are able store and distribute them....

Sitaram Yechury, the leader of India's largest communist party, has died at the age of 72.He was being treated for an acute respiratory tract infection at a Delhi hospital...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says three of its workers have been killed, and two others injured in a strike in eastern Ukraine.The ICRC did not...

The National Museum of Denmark is handing over an iconic cloak belonging to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da...

EPAUnrwa said this was the fifth time al-Jaouni school had been hit since the start of the warThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says six of its employees...