A new report says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% lack access to basic sanitation

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes and offices

Muslim authorities in Saudi Arabia and several other Middle Eastern countries say this year’s fasting month of Ramadan will begin Thursday based on the expected sighting of the crescent moon

The Biden administration is stressing to China unofficial stopovers to the U.S. by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen should not be used as pretext by Beijing to increase aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait

Russian and Ukrainian officials have given conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a brazen attack on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in Moscow-annexed Crimea

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise visit to Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Russia and China have showcased their “no-limits friendship” during a pomp-laden Kremlin ceremony intended to further cement ties amid the fighting in Ukraine

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community

Spain’s parliament is debating ahead of a confidence vote brought by the nation’s far-right Vox party against the governing left-wing coalition

The European Union has warned Spain that it won’t tolerate renewed plans by regional politicians in the country’s south to expand irrigation near its endangered Doñana wetlands

Detectives in England are investigating an attack in which a man was set alight as he walked home from a mosque

Nigeria’s opposition has filed a petition in court against the ruling party’s victory in the West African nation’s presidential election

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the northern and southern Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines

Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen have given a muted response to calls from the head of the United Nations for greater ambition when it comes to reducing countries' greenhouse gas emissions

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he will call a high-level meeting of the military organization’s main forum for cooperation with Ukraine next month despite objections from Hungary

The United States is imposing a new round of sanctions on Iranian firms and people accused of procuring equipment used for Iranian drones

French garbage collectors, refinery workers and others are striking again

Police in Kenya say that one person died, 31 officers were injured and more than 200 protesters were arrested in anti-government protests led by opposition leader Raila Odinga

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country's security forces discovered an arsenal of weapons intended for terrorist attacks

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that he misled Parliament about rule-breaking government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic