Ahead of the midterm elections, activist and writer Bill McKibben says he has been traveling across the United States with Third Act, the environmental group he founded to harness the power of seniors who care about the climate and democracy. “These elections are also starting to set the groun

World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. It comes after months of climate-fueled extreme weather around the world, including heat waves in North America and Europe, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-bre

Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus has no spare potash fertiliser capacity for large-scale supplies to the US, despite Donald Trump announcing plans for a major deal

A Russian attack has sparked a large fire at warehouses in Odesa Oblast. No casualties have been reported.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has criticised a new UN world map showing Russian-occupied Crimea separately from Ukraine.

Ukraine's Defence Ministry says its forces have destroyed more than 350,000 Russian drones this year, verified through the DELTA combat system.

A Russian ballistic missile strike on an Interpipe facility in Dnipro killed four workers, injured seven and forced the plant to suspend operations.

Russian ballistic missiles struck a Naftogaz oil and gas facility in Poltava Oblast, causing critical damage beyond repair, company says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for permanent UN Security Council members to lose their veto power, saying it should be a key objective of UN reform.

EU diplomats extended voting on Russian sanctions after failing to reach a compromise on removing oligarchs Usmanov and Fridman.

Ukrenergo reports power cuts in Kyiv, Vinnytsia and five other oblasts following overnight Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.

Russian media have reported that Konstantin Polezhayev, former mayor of the Russian city of Belgorod and former head of the regional housing and utilities department, has been killed in action in the war against Ukraine.