LONDON — Measles cases jumped by 79% in the first two months of this year compared to 2021, after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and lockdowns disrupted...

WARSAW/SOFIA/KYIV — Russian energy firm Gazprom said on Wednesday it had halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles, the Kremlin’s toughest retaliation yet to international sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

A COURT in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a source with knowledge of proceedings.

FOR THE WAVE of executives turning into digital nomads since the pandemic, there’s nowhere more accommodating than Lisbon.

FOLLOWING the record surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the US population overall and more than 75% of younger children have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to a US nationwide blood survey released on Tuesday.

SYDNEY - For the first time in decades, the actions of a foreign state have taken center stage in an Australian election campaign, analysts said, as China's security pact with the Solomon Islands reverberates into...

SHENZHEN, China - Drone giant DJI Technology Co said it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used in combat, making it...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he will address in the coming weeks a long-awaited national security strategy to deal with the emergence of China as a great power. "I will have an...

WASHINGTON - Legions of voluntary net-zero emissions pledges are now in place around the world to meet climate change goals - though ensuring companies and governments actually meet...

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV — Russia’s foreign minister told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear conflict, and NATO’s supply of weapons to Ukraine “in essence” meant that the Western alliance was engaged in a proxy war with Russia.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers welcomed news that billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, was purchasing Twitter, Inc., but Democrats slammed it as a sign that more needed to be done to rein in Big Tech.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI — Three-quarters of Beijing’s 22 million people began lining up for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital raced to stamp out an outbreak and avert the kind of city-wide lockdown that has shrouded Shanghai for a month.