President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney one of the highest civilian honours in the United States – the Presidential Citizens Medal. Cheney, 58, a former…

The Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier, the group posted on its…

Romania and Bulgaria fully joined the European Union’s Schengen zoneon Wednesday, eliminating land border controls to other member states. The Schengen zone allows residents to travel between countries without passport…

Iraq commenced repatriating on Thursday Syrian troops who fled a lightning offensive that precipitated the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. “Today, the Iraqi authorities will start returning Syrian soldiers to…

Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed at least 52 people and injured 68, a provincial official said Thursday. The…

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, at war with the army, of committing widespread sexual violence against women in southern…

Britain’s Prince Andrew was facing intense media scrutiny on Saturday after revelations that a close Chinese business associate of the scandal-hit younger brother of King Charles was thought by the…

Professor Charlotte Watts, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Chief Scientific Adviser, has arrived in Nigeria to explore UK-backed projects that are boosting the country’s science, technology, and innovation…

Two separate reports from media freedom organisations that analysed the deaths of reporters worldwide this year found Israel carried out a “massacre” of journalists in Gaza, an accusation denied by…