The United States will not participate in the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process and will miss its November reporting deadline, officials have confirmed.
U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Nvidia is in discussions with the White House to sell a simplified version of its next-generation Blackwell GPU chips to China, Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Thursday.
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at record highs on Thursday (28 August), after Nvidia’s quarterly report fell short of investors’ lofty expectations but confirmed that demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure remains strong.
Floods in Pakistan's Punjab province have submerged 1,692 villages, killed at least 17 people, and directly affected more than 1.4 million residents, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said on Thursday.
The United States and Panama have put forward a new draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council, seeking to tackle the growing threat of armed gangs in Haiti and to establish a more sustainable UN-backed security mechanism.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported on Tuesday that G20 countries’ international goods trade rose slightly in the second quarter of 2025, mainly because imports into the United States fell sharply after rising in the first quarter.
Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met his Irish counterpart Simon Harris in Dublin, Ireland’s capital.
Afghanistan’s interim administration unveiled a five-year 'Development Strategy' on Tuesday aimed at creating jobs and promoting balanced development.
Libya’s Presidency Council chief Mohamed al-Menfi met with U.S. chargé d’affaires Jeremy Berndt in Tripoli on Tuesday to discuss ways to accelerate the country’s political process and lay the groundwork for national elections.
U.S. colleges would face serious challenges without Chinese students, according to U.S. President Donald Trump on 26 August, amid backlash from his base after he suggested he could let 600,000 Chinese college students into the country as part of trade talks with the economic rival.
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved a new prime minister, marking a key step in the formation of the country’s ruling coalition.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck 50 km north-northwest of Derbent, Russia, at 00:33 local time Wednesday morning, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) . The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 11 km.
Africa has unveiled a continental emergency preparedness and response plan to tackle cholera from September 2025 to February 2026.
Following the announcement of the extension of the Canada-led NATO mission in Latvia, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa said that cooperation within the Alliance had been elevated to a new level.
The S&P 500 closed lower on Monday (25 August) as investors turned their attention to Artificial Intelligence (AI) chipmaker Nvidia’s upcoming quarterly results, following Friday’s rally that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close at a record high.
The global market for chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is set to expand significantly over the coming decade. According to Allied Market Research’s 'Global Oil Recovery Market Report,' the market, valued at $900 million in 2021, is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.6%, reaching $1.
A major fire has broken out at Hamburg’s city port, leaving several people injured.
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have strengthened trilateral cooperation, enhancing ties among the Turkic states around the Caspian Sea.
Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), part of the Copernicus European Environmental Monitoring Programme, shows that 411,315 hectares of forest and rural land have burned in Spain so far this year — roughly ten times more than the 42,615 hectares affected in 2024.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered a reinforcement of the “Relámpago del Catatumbo” operation, extending it to Tachira state under Peace Zone One.
North Korea has criticised the joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, with state media reporting that the drills demonstrate Washington’s intent to “occupy” the Korean peninsula and target its regional adversaries.
Russia claimed its forces had carried out extensive strikes on Ukrainian drone bases and other military targets on Monday, while Ukraine reported having destroyed a significant amount of Russian military hardware.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that sanctions and tariffs must stay in place in order to pressure Russia into entering what he called “real negotiations” to end the war.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have announced an inquiry into Monday’s air strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, which left at least 20 people dead, including five journalists.
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