NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held...

Tesla Inc TSLA.O boss Elon Musk on Monday disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc TWTR.N, worth nearly $3 billion, making him the micro-blogging site's largest shareholder and triggering a rise of more than 27%...

LVIV, Ukraine - The United States and Europe were planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned more deaths were likely to be uncovered in areas seized...

DAKAR - West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought, and the impact of the war in Ukraine on food prices and availability, aid agencies said on Tuesday. There are about...

SOME European Union (EU) governments are pushing for the bloc to quickly impose new sanctions in response to multiple reports that Russian troops executed unarmed civilians in Ukrainian towns, according to diplomats familiar with the discussions.

SAN JOSE — Economist Rodrigo Chaves extended a hand to the opposition upon winning the Costa Rican presidency on Sunday after a bruising election campaign in which the former World Bank official vowed to break with traditional politics.

BUCHA, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. 

WASHINGTON — Flood, fire, and drought fueled by climate change could take a massive bite out of the US federal budget per year by the end of the century, the White House said in its first ever such assessment on Sunday. 

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan blocked a no-confidence vote he looked sure to lose on Sunday and advised the president to order fresh elections, fueling anger among the opposition and deepening the country’s political crisis. 

BEIJING — China’s transport ministry expects a 20% drop in road traffic and a 55% fall in flights during the three-day Qingming holiday due...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — A recent rise in Taiwan’s domestic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases will not affect plans to gradually reopen as hardly any...

BUCHA, Ukraine — As Ukraine claimed its forces had retaken all areas around Kyiv, the mayor of a liberated town said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by the Russian army, and victims were seen in a mass grave and still lying on the streets.