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Georgia's ruling party announced on Thursday it was halting plans to introduce a controversial "foreign agent" bill after mass rallies against the legislation seen as reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics.
Three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli border police in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with an Israeli official saying the suspected militants fired on the undercover officers first.
Pre-dawn Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, prompting massive power outages including at Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
President Joe Biden will present what amounts to his expected 2024 reelection pitch Thursday with the unveiling of a proposed budget protecting free health care for the elderly, while taxing wealthy Americans to help slash the national deficit.
Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure were reported across Ukraine on Thursday, as fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut raged on.
Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure were reported across Ukraine on Thursday, as fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut raged on.
As he languishes in a cell in Bulgaria, Saudi dissident Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi dreads one thing more than any other: being flown back to his home country.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting Thursday near the site of a deadly shipwreck, as a debate rages over whether the right-wing government's migration policies cost lives.
A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the oil market has become more fragmented and uncertain, a dynamic expected to boost crude prices over the long term.
The United States and China thought they had a narrow window to improve relations. It may now have closed.
Nigeria's electoral agency said on Wednesday it had postponed a weekend governorship election by one week following a court decision over machines used in voting tallies.
Canada's first Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon, denounced Wednesday racist and sexist abuse that led her to block comments on her official social media accounts.
The US State Department signalled Wednesday it would let Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen visit California to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, downplaying the significance in the face of protests by China.
Opposition parties in Venezuela, where there are fears the government may have access to voter data, on Wednesday promised ballot secrecy for primaries in October to determine President Nicolas Maduro's election challenger.
Georgian police fired water cannon and tear gas at thousands of protesters Wednesday, ordering them to disperse, as they rallied against a planned "foreign agent" law reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics.
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya and they represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration chief said Wednesday.
Police in Kentucky have engaged in a pattern of racist abuse for years, involving excessive force and illegal searches, a US Justice Department probe found Wednesday, following a botched raid that killed a Black medical technician and fuelled nationwide protests.
Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the "most repressive country in the world" for women's rights, the United Nations said Wednesday, as world powers issued a joint call demanding improvements.
The World Health Organization has terminated the contract of its powerful Western Pacific regional director Takeshi Kasai following staff accusations of racist, abusive and authoritarian behaviour.
Panama and Canadian giant First Quantum Minerals announced on Wednesday a deal to reopen a major copper mine whose operations had been suspended for three months over a tax dispute.
At least two thousand demonstrators marched through the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, Wednesday to protest government plans to introduce a "foreign agent" law reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics.
Ukraine on Wednesday urged the EU to ramp up promised ammunition supplies as defence ministers debated plans to raid their stockpiles and place joint orders for shells worth two billion euros.
With voters and opponents raising concerns over Joe Biden's advanced age as he ramps up a still-unofficial 2024 campaign, the 80-year-old president frequently parries such jabs with uneasy humor.
The leaders of the United States, Britain and Australia will meet in the United States next week to discuss security and foreign policy, the British Prime Minister's office announced on Wednesday, ahead of an expected nuclear submarine deal aimed at countering China's growing assertiveness in the Pacific.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Wednesday the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut may fall into Russian hands in the coming days following months of intense fighting.
French unions on Wednesday pressed a standoff with the government over a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul, with fuel deliveries, trains and flights disrupted for a second day following mass rallies.
Street lighting has returned to Kharkiv, sparking joy in Ukraine's second-largest city that has been plunged into darkness and shelled regularly by Russian forces for more than a year.
More than 50,000 protesters took to streets across Greece on Wednesday and workers staged mass strikes, expressing anger over the country's worst rail tragedy and urging the prime minister to resign.
European and American antitrust authorities are investigating some of the biggest names in the global fragrance industry over allegations they colluded to fix prices and thwart competitors, Switzerland's regulator said Wednesday.
Andy Murray has said he will "not be going nuts" if Russian and Belarusian players are allowed to feature at this year's Wimbledon, even though the British tennis great would have mixed emotions regarding their return.
Georgian opposition and civil society groups called for new protests Wednesday against government plans to introduce controversial "foreign agent" legislation, reminiscent of Russian legislation to pressure critics.
French energy group EDF has reported discovering a significant new crack in a cooling pipe at a nuclear power plant on the Channel coast, in the latest such incident to plague the energy sector.