A new drug candidate renders male mice infertile within an hour and wears off in less than a day, an experimental study said Tuesday, potentially pointing towards a future "on-demand" male contraceptive.
The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, admitted on Tuesday he had created the infamous troll farm accused by Western governments of fomenting discord and interfering in elections.
Eight people were killed after a ferry and a motorized canoe collided on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local officials said Tuesday.
British Queen Consort Camilla will wear Queen Mary's Crown at her and King Charles III's coronation in early May, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday.
British graffiti artist Banksy on Tuesday unveiled his latest UK street artwork, which appears to take aim at domestic violence against women as the world celebrates Valentine's Day.
Rising rent and a gasoline price rebound helped keep US consumer prices elevated in January, according to government data released Tuesday, with the slight easing signaling that policymakers' battle is not over.
The African Union said on Tuesday it will send a 90-member observer delegation to help moniter Nigeria's upcoming election.
The first U.N. delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria since last week's earthquake crossed over from Turkey Tuesday, as anger simmers at the world body's slow response.
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, clearing the final legislative hurdle.
Eight Croatians facing child trafficking charges in Zambia were Tuesday granted bail following their re-arrest last week while trying to leave the southern African nation.
The U.N. health agency said it is holding an emergency meeting Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus.
UPDATED TO INCLUDE REACTION FROM UN RIGHTS CHIEF: Tunisian police have detained a senior figure in the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party and the head of an independent radio station, the party and Tunisian media reported.
The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
Mohammad Ali Pate, a Harvard professor who has held top health jobs in Nigeria and with the World Bank, will soon take the reins of the Gavi vaccine alliance, the organization said Monday.
Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an "outbreak" of the Marburg virus, which causes a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the health minister said Monday, and put a province in quarantine.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called Monday for international aid for reconstruction in the quake-struck country during a meeting with United Nations relief chief Martin Griffiths, the presidency said.
A Russian military frigate docked in Cape Town harbor on Monday ahead of controversial military drills with South Africa and China, coming as Moscow is about to mark one year since its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Sudan has sent a flight carrying 30 tons of aid to quake-hit Syria, with military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to offer support, officials said Monday.
UPDATED WITH RELEASE OF JOURNALIST: A Somali journalist said he had been freed from jail Monday just hours after a court handed down a two-month sentence on security charges, a case widely criticiZed by rights campaigners and media advocacy groups.
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