President Donald Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance.
Olena Kalynychenko is among thousands missing after devastating floods hit the Nepal-China border.
A month after deadly floods, Nepal's prime minister says the climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world.
President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House.
The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials traveling to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana.
Argentina’s poverty rate rose sharply in the first half of 2026, marking the first significant setback after more than a year of declines under President Javier Milei.
Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world cannot allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves.
A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own has thrown a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
Thousands of determined and hungry South Africans descended on a sports stadium in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest cookout.
Italy’s conservative government on Thursday has approved a school decree limiting classrooms to 30% of students with insufficient Italian-language skills and banning full-face Islamic veils, including burqas and niqabs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump has cooled as they disagree on how to handle the conflict with Iran.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is capable of handling sabotage and drone incidents in Europe and has good action plans in place.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or participants in combat.
Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Major Chinese auto group Geely has unveiled new ultrafast EV charging technology that can recharge a battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes.
African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly are demanding reform of the Security Council to include permanent seats for African countries.
Yemen’s internationally recognized government is pressing world leaders anew for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
President Donald Trump is hailing the friendship he’s forged with Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's highly anticipated state visit.
Mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are seeing their population grow, but their forest habitat is not expanding.
Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia has shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly, calling his decision to attack Iran as “one of the easiest” he's ever made and allegations of genocide in Gaza “the biggest lie of the century.”.
Turkey has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over control to the Iraqi government.
Provisional results from Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election.
Stocks ended a shaky day of trading on Wall Street roughly where they began following a couple sudden reversals.
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on Thursday for important talks on the U.S.-China relationship.
The Trump administration wants to put billions of dollars into Argentina’s energy and mining industries.
China’s Wudang Mountains have long been considered sacred in Taoism, with temples and palaces reflecting centuries of religious and imperial history.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned about OpenAI's security breach of a government website, and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident.
Venezuela’s acting president has delivered her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House.
In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as U.S. President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States has been gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank.
Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts.
A federal judge weighing President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move.
President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, which further strengthened the Kremlin’s already-overwhelming legislative control, was a sign of public support for his policies.
The World Health Organization warns that Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.
Prince Harry says that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.
Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he received a rare greeting from President Donald Trump.
Opening day at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders saw beefed-up security measures and a suspicious package that added to the chaotic scene around U.N. headquarters in New York.
U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement about Greenland's status.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations as Tehran downplayed talks with the United States about their 7-month-long war.
Regional forces in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have taken control of the local airport, causing Ethiopian Airlines to cancel flights to the region.
Pakistan says it carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier.
Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes.
Russia has launched daylight drone attacks on Kyiv, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly.
Taiwan is expressing confidence that U.S. arms sales to the island will continue despite China's pressure as China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Police and local authorities in South Africa say three gunmen opened fire at a house party and killed 11 people including a pregnant woman.
Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament in an election marked by frustration among young people and high unemployment.
Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide.
Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.
Southwestern Mexico is bracing for heavy rain and mudslides after Polo became a major hurricane in the Pacific.
This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February.
Glenn Martens has wrapped up his time as Diesel's creative director with a racy, body-positive collection at Milan Fashion Week.
A tense moment between President Donald Trump and CNN's Kaitlan Collins is a stark reminder of how the conflict between the administration and some news outlets has escalated in just a few days.
The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.
NATO's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies.
The wife of a detained Chinese American seismologist hopes President Donald Trump can help bring home her husband, Youlin Chen.
Marlon James and Douglas Stuart can become the fifth author to win the Booker Prize twice after both were shortlisted for arguably the U.K.’s most prestigious fiction accolade.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities.
The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
A Sri Lankan court has convicted 15 men for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 267 people.
President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials have met, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end nearly seven-month war.
China is now requiring permits for exports to the U.S., Mexico, and Canada of two additional chemicals used to make illegal drugs.
Communications failures that snarled U.S. air traffic Monday highlight the aging systems controllers rely on to guide roughly 45,000 flights a day.
Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly in New York and expressed hope that the U.S. would help to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has had a strong start with U.S. President Donald Trump at their first meeting.
China's Alibaba has unveiled new plans for its AI model and new chip technologies, including what it claims is China's most powerful AI chip.
A U.N. report says the Nicaraguan government is responsible for at least eight deaths in custody since 2018.
New Zealand authorities have stripped the Gloriavale commune's charity arm of tax-exempt status.
Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone.
