Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the (...)
Tropical Storm Sara is here and closing in on Central America where it will unleash disastrous flooding rain and mudslides in the region.
Earlier forecasts from the National Hurricane Center told residents along the eastern Gulf of Mexico to monitor (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday hailed the report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that lauded Saudi Arabia's leading role in international cooperation and the rapid steps it has undertaken towards achieving the goals of Vision (...)
The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop Germany's arms sales to Israel.
Nicaragua brought the case, arguing that Germany had breached the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to (...)
The European Union should suspend its trade and institutional ties with Israel to deter war crimes that amount to genocide in the Gaza Strip, the UN's special rapporteur on Palestine has said.
Francesca Albanese — who recently concluded that the (...)
Germany has said Israel's security is at the "core" of its foreign policy, as it defends a genocide case brought against it at the UN's highest court.
Nicaragua had accused it of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to (...)
Nicaragua has asked the UN's highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel at the start of a landmark case.
Germany is accused of breaching the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel and ceasing funding of the UN's aid (...)
The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns about Israel's planned invasion of Rafah and the desperate lack of aid reaching Gaza.
At the (...)
Senegalese voters will choose their next president on Sunday in a delayed and high-stakes election that poses a test for the country's democracy.
Outgoing President Macky Sall, whose second and final term expires on April 2, has promised to (...)
A plane carrying hundreds of Indian nationals who were held for days at an airport in France over human trafficking fears has arrived in India.
The chartered Airbus A340, which had been flying from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nicaragua, (...)
A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left some 300 Indians en route for Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for (...)
French authorities have grounded a passenger plane carrying 303 Indian citizens, including 11 non-accompanied minors, at the airport of Vatry, on suspicion of human trafficking, the Paris Prosecutor's Office told CNN on Saturday.
The plane, (...)
A second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition figures and the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Bishop Isidoro Mora, of the Siuna (...)
Nicaraguan police late on Friday charged the owner of the local Miss Universe franchise with conspiracy, money laundering and spreading fake news, just weeks after the Central American nation's first victory in the pageant, Reuters (...)
Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place on Saturday night in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand placed as first (...)
India's parliament passed a landmark bill Thursday that will reserve a third of its seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women, in a major win for rights groups that have for decades campaigned for better gender representation in (...)
In the face of rising hunger and poverty, developing countries will continue their decades-long fight for a more just and equitable world, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Speaking on behalf of the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Daniel Ortega Saavedra of the Republic of Nicaragua on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.
The King also wished the presidents of Honduras, El (...)
The Biden administration has taken mixed positions on its policies involving Haiti – with one federal agency warning that the Caribbean country is too dangerous for US citizens, while another agency deports Haitians back to the violence-torn (...)
A senior US government official has said Washington wants India to condemn persistent religious violence in the country, a month before a scheduled state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The US State Department on Monday released its annual (...)
Thousands of migrants rushed to the US-Mexico border just hours before a Trump-era policy that allowed for their swift removal expired.
As the policy -- known as Title 42 -- neared its end on Thursday night, about 10,000 migrants were crossing the (...)
Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday, a move that would sever ties with Taiwan.
China refuses to maintain diplomatic ties with any country that recognizes Taiwan (...)
For the first time ever, there are women MPs in every single country on Earth, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) said on Friday.
In its latest annual report, the global body dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and (...)
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday submitted by Ukraine calling for Russia to "completely and unconditionally withdraw" its forces.
The move by the General Assembly came after the world body convened for an 11th (...)
Ana Montes — among the best-known Cold War spies caught by the US — has been released from prison after more than 20 years in custody.
The 65-year-old spent almost two decades spying for Cuba while employed as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence (...)