By AFPQueenElizabethII, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died on Thursday. She was 96.Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 d...

On Sunday, Israel issued revised protocols for the entry of foreign passport holders into the West Bank, with some controversial clauses deleted after criticism from human rights organizations that said the previous version codified discriminatory Is...

Eurozone stocks and the euro slid on Thursday as the European Central Bank warned of more interest rate hikes and a possible recession to get a grip on soaring inflation.Meanwhile, the pound remained close to a 37-year low against the dollar that was...

Renewed clashes in northern Ethiopia have forced desperately needed aid deliveries to a halt in Tigray, the United Nations said, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis triggered by the nearly two-year war between pro-government forces and Tigrayan rebels...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped the Austrian diplomat Volker Turk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to a document sent Thursday to the General Assembly, which must approve the choice.The UN vete...

Poland and the three Baltic states said Thursday they would temporarily restrict access for Russian citizens holding EU visas by September 19 to address "public policy and security threats".The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland...

The European Union on Thursday blasted the authorities in Belarus for briefly detaining a senior EU diplomat in Minsk.EU spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels had summoned the Belarusian envoy to protest Tuesday's "unacceptable and deplorable" two-hour...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday made a surprise trip to Kyiv as the United States unveiled nearly $2.7 billion in new military support to Ukraine and neighbours to face Russia.Blinken travelled in secrecy on his second trip to Kyiv sinc...