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After wheat, India caps sugar exports
India said it has capped sugar exports to safeguard its own supplies and ease inflation, days after a ban on wheat shipments sent global prices soaring in the wake of the Ukraine war.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka appoints PM to helm finance ministry
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday given the additional responsibility of running the finance ministry as the island nation grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis.
North Korea fires likely ICBM hours after Biden leaves Asia
North Korea fired a volley of missiles early Wednesday including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, just hours after US President Joe Biden left Asia after a trip overshadowed by Pyongyang's sabre-rattling.
In Sierra Leone, football offers hope to amputees
On a sun-drenched Sierra Leone beach, a one-legged man balances on his crutches and fires the ball past a one-armed goalkeeper.
Pakistan capital blockaded ahead of opposition protest
All roads leading into Pakistan's capital Islamabad were blocked on Wednesday ahead of a major protest planned by ousted prime minister Imran Khan and his supporters.
Water shortages test Ukraine's Mykolaiv as hardships bite
As the sound of artillery rumbles in the distance and the occasional air raid siren wails, Anna Bondar waits her turn to fill up on drinking water in Mykolaiv, a port city in southern Ukraine.
Biden channels personal losses to console families after Texas gun atrocity
"To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said US President Joe Biden -- a twice-bereaved father channeling his own heartache to console a nation devastated by another mass shooting on Tuesday.
Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate
A mass shooting that left 18 schoolchildren dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the ubiquity of firearms -- but also brought the grim expectation of little or no change.
N. Korea fired 'suspected intercontinental ballistic missile': Seoul
North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just one day after President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asia visit as US leader.
Makeup artist who fled Ukraine lands Cannes dream
Ukrainian makeup artist Aliona Antonova had little idea when she fled her hometown the morning of the Russian invasion that she would soon find herself among the stars at the world's top film festival.
Georgia rebukes Trump over US voter fraud 'Big Lie'
Republican voters delivered a stark repudiation Tuesday of Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that the 2020 US election was stolen, backing Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for re-election by a huge margin over a candidate recruited by the former president.
Locals 'apprehensive' in Moscow-run Ukraine region
In Ukraine's only region fully controlled by Russian troops, Moscow-backed officials are pushing for formal annexation while those still living there say they are apprehensive about the future.
Two decades of deadly gun violence in US schools
Fourteen students and a teacher were shot dead Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at their Texas elementary school, the latest in the United States' relentless cycle of school mass shootings.
At least 22 killed in latest police raid on Rio favela
An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left at least 22 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.
Russian troops aim to 'destroy everything' in Donbas: Zelensky
Russian troops advanced in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, pounding key cities and aiming "to destroy everything there," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Moscow signalled it was digging in for a long war against its neighbor.
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul military says
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just one day after President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asia visit as US leader.
UN envoy faces pressure on China trip over new Xinjiang leak
China faced new accusations Tuesday that it was sanctioning abuses of Uyghurs at the "highest levels", as a vast document leak came out during a controversial visit by the UN rights chief.
US says ending Russia debt payment exemption
The United States will end an exemption allowing Moscow to pay foreign debt held by American investors with funds held in Russia, the US Treasury said Tuesday, a move that could push Vladimir Putin's country closer to default.
Petrobras shares fall after Bolsonaro fires its boss
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
Iraqi arrested in plot to kill ex-president Bush
An Iraqi man who sought political asylum in the United States plotted to kill former president George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Soros says 'civilization may not survive' Ukraine war
US billionaire George Soros warned Tuesday that "civilization may not survive" Russia's invasion of Ukraine but said Europe could have a stronger position against President Vladimir Putin regarding gas than it realises.
21 killed in latest police raid on Rio favela
An anti-crime operation in a Rio de Janeiro slum left 21 people dead Tuesday, officials said, a year after the bloodiest-ever favela raid in the city's history.
Countries agree to overhaul WHO funding model
The World Health Organization's member states agreed Tuesday to overhaul how they fund the UN health agency, giving it much more money to spend on its own priorities.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua to attend allied, regional summit: Havana
The leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua -- which risk not being invited to an Americas summit in Los Angeles next month -- will gather in Havana Friday with allied counterparts, the Cuban foreign ministry said.
In Kharkiv's Gorky Park, a war crimes investigation
Ukrainian prosecutor Roman Petrenko inspects the remains of Russian rockets that fell on the popular Gorky Park in the country's second city Kharkiv.
'Everything Russian must go': Ukraine's Kharkiv renames streets
Before the war, it was called "Moscow Avenue". But now this wide boulevard which runs through Ukraine's second city has been renamed "Heroes of Kharkiv" in honour of those fighting against invading Russian forces.
Haiti's colonial debt burden sparks debate -- but official silence
A newspaper expose has reignited debate over the ongoing legacy of debts that Haiti was forced to pay to former colonial ruler France in the 19th century -- but the country's elites are surprisingly keen to bury the issue.
Fighting rages as Russia eyes prolonged war in Ukraine
Russia signalled on Tuesday it was bedding in for a long war in Ukraine as the conflict entered its fourth month with heavy fighting in the east but signs of some normality returning elsewhere.
MSNBC hires former White House press secretary Jen Psaki
Progressive cable TV network MSNBC said Tuesday it has hired former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, confirming reports that have been circulating for weeks.
11 killed in latest Brazil police raid on Rio favela
One year after the bloodiest-ever police raid of a favela in Rio de Janeiro's history, a forceful new operation by Brazilian officers on Tuesday has left 11 people dead including a bystander.
Cannes brings Paris terror attacks into the limelight
The Cannes Film Festival has shone a light on one of the darkest moments in recent French history -- the Paris terror attacks of November 13, 2015 -- with two films that take very different approaches to the topic.
'Martyrdom is normal': Catholic cardinal holds mass after court appearance
On a drizzly Tuesday night in Hong Kong, hundreds of Catholics packed into church for a mass turned into an act of resolve by its host -- the retired cardinal Joseph Zen, fresh from a day in court.
Kharkiv metro, a bomb shelter for Ukrainians, resumes services
The metro in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, which has served as a bomb shelter since the Russian invasion at the end of February, resumed services on Tuesday despite sporadic shelling in the north eastern region.
Elderly Hong Kong cardinal holds mass after court appearance
Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen hosted a packed mass dedicated to Chinese churches on Tuesday, hours after appearing in a Hong Kong court over charges linked to the city's pro-democracy protests.
As Ukraine war rages, NATO in show of force in the Med
A deafening stream of fighter jets land and take off from a US aircraft carrier, part of a long-planned NATO exercise in the Mediterranean to show military might while Russia wages war in Ukraine.
Police raid leaves 11 dead in Rio favela: Brazil authorities
A police raid in a Rio favela early Tuesday left 11 people dead, authorities in the Brazilian city said.
Pakistan police arrest 'hundreds' of opposition supporters ahead of major rally
Pakistani police detained hundreds of supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan overnight ahead of a major sit-in planned by the former leader, senior party members and police sources said Tuesday, as the government pledged to block the protest.
'Hulk' star Ruffalo joins call for global wealth tax
US actor Mark Ruffalo on Tuesday joined a call by over 150 wealthy people for governments to tax them more, as global elites and policymakers met at the World Economic Forum in Swiss resort Davos.
Japan says China, Russia jets flew nearby as Quad met
Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday as leaders of the Quad bloc met in Tokyo, the Japanese defence minister said.