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US offers $5m reward for insight into Ecuador election assassination
US Secretary of State Blinken announced the reward as part of an ongoing probe into Fernando Villavicencio's death.
Mid-Autumn festival: Why Asia goes mad for mooncakes
The pastries, about the size of a palm and filled with a sweet paste, are popular gifts during the ancient festival.
Judge sides with US slave descendants in Indigenous citizenship dispute
A judge with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ruled an 1866 treaty offers path to citizenship for Black slave descendants.
UK, Canada, Taiwan criticise Myanmar as generals unleash ‘corrective purge’
Plan for elections and continued violence and atrocities draw concern in West, as Russia and China cosy up to regime.
Trump and ‘MAGA Republican extremists’ threaten US democracy, Biden says
Biden has underscored the risk to democracy in a speech dedicated to his late Republican counterpart, John McCain.
Belarus says Polish helicopter violated airspace, Warsaw denies
Belarus has repeatedly accused the EU member of breaching its airspace. Warsaw denies the claims.
Photos: Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought affecting thousands
With river levels dropping, water transportation has stalled and hundreds of dead fish are contaminating drinking water.
East Libya commander Haftar in Moscow for talks with Putin
Kremlin spokesperson confirms meeting, saying the two men discussed the situation in Libya and wider region.
Can a court force governments to act on climate change?
A group of young activists is suing dozens of governments in Europe and beyond.
Blinken meeting Indian counterpart amid fallout over Sikh leader’s killing
Canada PM says he received assurances that US will raise Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing with Indian foreign minister.