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South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children

Record warming met weak political resolve as climate pressures mounted this year.

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracy

Saudi Arabia has called on separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now hold

The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

Empathy levels diminished 14% across the U.S. after the pandemic, with the steepest drop among millennials, according to a United Way survey.

Belgium has become the latest country to join a case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology,…

IN FOCUS: Britain is accused of undermining a key aid pledge to support Sudan after failing to maintain the flow of aid as refugees flee to South Sudan, reports Nick Ferris. Stories from the border between the two countries reveal just how devastating the cuts have been

From the Indigenous doctor balancing traditional and western medicine to a father risking death to provide for his family in Gaza, these are some of the people whose determination and bravery stood out

South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndicates from fortified compounds in countries like Myanmar, which has been embroiled in a nationwide armed conflict since…