Veteran Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi was sworn in on Monday as the new director general of the UN’s nuclear watchdog the International Atomic…

The US Supreme Court will address gun control yesterday for the first time in nearly 10 years with a majority of justices seen as supporting the rights of people who own firearms. In a country in which guns kill nearly 40,000 people every year, the nine-member court will again look at a case involving…

Greece will seek support from NATO at an alliance summit in London this week following a military deal signed by Turkey and Libya’s UN-recognised…

A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades could bring a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church that could surpass anything seen so far in its clergy abuse crisis. Associated Press reporting found it could result in thousands of…

Regime forces and armed groups were locked in heavy clashes yesterday on the edge of Syria’s last opposition bastion, with 96 fighters killed over two days, a war monitor said. The battles since Saturday on the edge of the jihadist-dominated Idlib region are the most deadly since a Russia-brokered…

Children among 13 Pakistanis killed in Jordan fire AFP, Amman Thirteen Pakistanis including eight children died early yesterday when a blaze tore through their corrugated metal home in a rural area of western Jordan, authorities said. Rescue services said “13 people died and three others were…