The first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the procedure, the US hospital that carried it out said. “Mass General is…

By AFP 12 May 2024   |   1:29 pm Thai authorities intercepted a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in one of the kingdom’s biggest ever single seizures of the illegal…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists are hoping to show Catalonia has moved past its independence fixation by winning Sunday’s regional vote and defeating separatist leader Carles Puigdemont. Polls opened…

Emergency aid and rescue teams struggled on Sunday to reach areas of northern Afghanistan hardest hit by flash floods that killed hundreds, AFP journalists saw. Heavy rains caused flash flooding…

At least 34 people have died and 16 more were missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit western Indonesia, a local disaster official said Sunday….

Georgian protesters prepared to stage a late-evening rally Sunday, vowing not to give up their fight against the ruling party’s Russian-styled “foreign agent” bill, a day after a massive protest…

A former senior commander of Colombia’s now-defunct FARC guerrilla group, who was rumored to be dead, appeared in a video released Saturday expressing his support for government proposals to start…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged an immediate halt to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the return of hostages and a “surge” in humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian…

A Ukrainian drone attack hit a refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region causing a fire at the complex, the regional governor said Sunday. Russia’s defence ministry said eight overnight drone attacks…

New rains in waterlogged southern Brazil are expected to be heaviest between Sunday and Monday, authorities have warned, bringing fresh misery to victims of flooding that has killed 136 people…