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2024-02-01: French farmers cut off Paris with tractors
2024-01-04: 2024 to be biggest ever year for voting in elections
2023-12-14: Argentina's president warns of economic 'shock treatment'
2023-11-13: World population has passed 8 billion
2023-10-16: EU warns X over Israel-Hamas disinformation
2023-09-11: Over-tourism threatens Mt. Fuji's world heritage status
2023-08-28: FIFA suspends Spain coach over unwanted kiss
2023-08-24: Japan releases Fukushima water into the ocean
2023-07-10: UK politician orders removal of cartoons for child asylum seekers
2023-06-12: Four children survive in Amazon jungle for 40 days
2023-05-29: New York City sinking four millimetres a year
2023-04-24: UAE astronaut sends Ramadan greetings from space
2023-02-16: White House says no aliens in weather balloons
2023-02-09: Three-month state of emergency declared in Turkey
2022-12-12: Morocco advance to World Cup semi-finals
2022-11-17: Our Sun will die in 10 billion years from now
2022-10-10: Women, girls and students protesting in Iran
2022-09-15: UN says 50 million are in 'modern slavery'
2022-08-04: UN says nuclear annihilation is one mistake away
2022-07-28: Czech police turn criminal's Ferrari into patrol car
2022-07-25: Ukraine and Russia sign deal to resume grain exports
2022-07-07: Eiffel Tower full of rust and in need of repair
2022-06-30: People in Tokyo asked to turn off lights in heat wave
2022-06-27: Five planets line up 'like string of pearls'
2022-06-23: Africa museum to be one of world's greatest sights
2022-05-30: Japan opens to foreign tourists after two years
2022-05-26: Millionaires say 'tax us more'
2022-04-11: UK's help for Ukraine refugees called 'a disgrace'
2022-02-24: Germany closes gas pipeline amid Ukraine crisis
2022-01-31: US general says invasion of Ukraine would be 'horrific'
2022-01-20: Tonga trying to clean up after tsunami and volcano
2022-01-03: 2021 not as bad as 2020, says think tank
2021-11-01: Greta Thunberg "not officially" invited to COP26
2021-10-18: Peru wins first ever Balloon World Cup
2021-10-14: G20 leaders agree to help Afghanistan
2021-10-04: 2020 Dubai Expo opens to 'astonish the world'
2021-09-20: France recalls its ambassadors to Australia and US
2021-08-20: Malala Yousafzai wants open borders for Afghan refugees
2021-08-18: India to launch $1.35 trillion infrastructure plan
2021-08-10: Cuba allows people to own private businesses
2021-08-08: Taliban capture first Afghan provincial capital city
2021-08-04: New Zealand apologizes for 70s immigration raids
2021-07-25: Naomi Osaka lights flame to open Tokyo Olympics
2021-07-11: World's deepest dive pool opens in Dubai
2021-07-01: Man breaks M&M stacking world record
2021-06-29: Scientists show the world 'Dragon Man'
2021-06-15: G7 leaders promise to build a better world
2021-06-11: Tigray on brink of famine, warns U.N.
2021-05-30: World's 'first war' was in Sudan 13,400 years ago
2021-05-14: World Food Prize awarded to fish expert
2021-05-08: Farmer accidentally moves Belgium-France border
2021-05-06: Rome's Colosseum to get new hi-tech floor
2021-05-02: Germany to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
2021-04-26: Tokyo Motor Show cancelled for first time ever
2021-04-08: Iran and U.S. in talks to revive nuclear deal
2021-03-31: Suez Canal reopens after stranded ship is freed
2021-03-27: Olympic Torch Relay starts in Japan
2021-03-05: UK criticized for cutting aid to Yemen
2021-02-07: Myanmar military blocks Facebook after coup
2021-01-30: Organizers say Tokyo Olympics will go ahead
2021-01-22: Biden vows to repair global alliances
2020-12-23: World blocks UK over new mutant virus strain
2020-12-13: India sees the biggest protest in history
2020-12-03: S.Korea, China clash on social media over kimchi
2020-11-27: Childhood home of Jesus Christ found in Nazareth
2020-11-09: Kamala Harris to be first woman Vice President
2020-11-05: Stress baking helped during U.S. election
2020-10-26: Britain to return 5,000 ancient artefacts to Iraq
2020-10-18: Thai protests continue despite state of emergency
2020-10-12: World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
2020-09-30: Armenia and Azerbaijan fight over Nagorno-Karabakh
2020-09-22: Afghan mothers' names allowed on birth certificates
2020-08-15: Israel and UAE reach historic peace deal
2020-08-11: World leaders hold aid summit to help Beirut
2020-07-30: Scaled down Hajj takes place in Mecca
2020-07-24: Basic income for poor could slow COVID-19 spread
2020-07-22: UAE's historic mission to Mars under way
2020-07-18: Ethiopia's River Nile dam upsets Egypt
2020-06-12: Statue of Belgian King taken down after protests
2020-08-10: China and India agree to peace over border
2020-06-08: Black Lives Matter protests take place worldwide
2020-06-02: African Union condemns killing of George Floyd
2020-04-11: Paris bans daytime exercise
2020-04-09: COVID-19 could cut wildlife trade
2020-04-05: U.S. to encourage use of face masks
2020-04-01: Astronaut pee could help build moon bases
2020-03-28: Italy mayors scold people not following lockdown
2020-03-24: WHO says young people also at risk from COVID-19
2020-01-06: Iran promises revenge after assassination of Soleimani
2019-12-13: Bougainville may be the world's next country
2019-11-29: China overtakes USA for most diplomatic posts
2019-11-15: Bolivian senator declares herself acting president
2019-10-26: The climbing of Australia's Uluru now banned
2019-10-18: Turkey rejects calls for ceasefire in Syria
2019-09-30: Saudi Arabia opens up to tourism
2019-09-18: Oil prices rise after Saudi drone attacks
2019-09-08: South Korea wants 2020 Olympics Rising Sun flag ban
2019-08-21: Donald Trump interested in buying Greenland
2019-08-13: United Kingdom could break up, warns ex-leader
2019-08-07: Hong Kong protests 'extremely dangerous,' says leader
2019-07-10: UK ambassador to US says White House is inept
2019-06-30: Dutch railway to compensate Holocaust victims
2019-06-16: Tensions over oil-tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman
2019-05-11: Online store slammed for selling Auschwitz skirts
2019-04-23: At least 207 die in Sri Lanka blasts
2019-04-17: Japan starts nuclear fuel removal from Fukushima
2019-03-18: Anger over Christchurch video on social media
2019-03-10: Finland's government resigns
2019-03-02: Kashmir crisis halts flights to Pakistan
2019-02-28: UN in record aid appeal for Yemen
2019-02-08: Russia planning to develop more missiles
2019-02-04: EU angers UK by calling Gibraltar a 'colony'
2019-01-29: Crocodiles moved from world's tallest statue
2019-01-23: World's 26 richest as rich as poorer half of world
2019-01-15: Saudi teen welcomed as refugee in Canada
2019-01-13: Macedonia agrees to change its name
2019-01-04: The USA and Israel quit UNESCO
2018-12-28: Japan chooses 'disaster' to describe 2018
2018-12-25: US government shutdown over border wall
2018-12-23: 'Eco-warriors' blamed for UK airport shutdown
2018-12-13: 'Yellow Vests' protests to continue in France
2018-11-17: British Prime Minister battles to save Brexit
2018-11-11: Colour photos to mark 100 years of end of WW1
2018-11-07: U.S. re-imposes sanctions on Iran
2018-10-26: Huge migrant caravan heads to USA
2018-10-24: Longest sea bridge links Hong Kong to China
2018-10-22: Sagrada Familia gets building permit 136 years late
2018-10-10: Anger over horse race ad on Sydney Opera House
2018-10-02: Baghdad University gets into world rankings
2018-07-19: New Mexico President takes 60% pay cut
2018-07-17: France win 2018 FIFA World Cup final
2018-07-05: Thai soccer boys cave rescue planned
2018-06-27: Singer calls world leaders 'cowards' over refugee crisis
2018-06-15: Trump and Kim Jong-un could get the Nobel Peace Prize
2018-06-09: Women hold most government positions in Spain
2018-04-30: Cold noodles help nuclear-free Korea talks
2018-04-22: Swaziland changes its name to eSwatini
2018-04-14: Japan finds enough rare-earth metals to last 700 years
2018-03-31: Men to be NFL cheerleaders for first time ever
2018-03-29: China and Russia lead race to make hypersonic missiles
2018-03-21: Stephen Hawking explained multiverses in final paper
2018-03-11: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to meet
2018-03-01: Egypt archaeologists find large 'city of the dead'
2018-02-07: Earth's magnetic poles are about to flip
2018-01-20: Two Koreas to share flag for Winter Olympics
2018-01-18: Spain to replace USA as second most popular tourism location
2018-01-02: 2018 to be a great year
2017-12-08: Trump says Jerusalem is Israel's capital city
2017-11-20: Thousands call for Zimbabwe's Mugabe to resign
2017-10-29: Australian Deputy PM disqualified over dual citizenship
2017-10-05: Catalonia workers strike for independence
2017-09-25: London bomber buys bomb parts from Amazon
2017-09-15: Rohingya in humanitarian crisis, says UN
2017-09-07: Putin warns of 'global catastrophe' over N Korea
2017-09-05: 16 million children in need in South Asia floods
2017-08-12: Trump fires up North Korea nuclear tensions
2017-06-07: Arab nations cut ties with Qatar
2017-06-05: Musk abandons Trump after U.S. dumps Paris Agreement
2017-06-03: The world is 0.28% more peaceful than a year ago
2017-05-12: FBI boss thought his firing was a joke
2017-04-20: USA ends 'patience' with North Korea
2017-03-13: World faces biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945
2017-03-07: Scientists say there could be life on TRAPPIST-1 planets
2017-02-21: Bio-terrorism could kill 30 million in a year
2017-02-19: Zealandia – The eighth continent?
2017-02-01: Half a million at Washington D.C. Women's March
2017-01-30: Scientists say end of world is 30 seconds closer
2017-01-01: USA and Russia in election hacking tit-for-tat
2016-12-29: Japan Prime Minister visits Pearl Harbor
2016-12-03: Thailand has a new king
2016-11-11: World leaders have mixed reactions to Trump victory
2016-11-05: U.S. must be world policeman, says ex-NATO boss
2016-10-22: Philippines to split from USA
2016-10-02: Pakistan cinemas ban Indian movies
2016-09-12: Fresh hopes as ceasefire is agreed in Syria
2016-08-28: Colombia and FARC rebels sign peace deal
2016-08-04: Rio Olympics medal predictions
2016-07-20: 6,000 held after failed Turkey coup
2016-06-26: U.K. votes to leave European Union
2016-06-20: We may not meet aliens until the year 3500
2016-06-14: UK leaving Europe is bad for science
2016-06-10: World's 'most wanted' people smuggler arrested
2016-05-25: President Obama to visit Hiroshima
2016-04-17: The Czech Republic to be renamed Czechia
2016-04-13: Men rescued after writing ‘HELP’ in the sand
2016-03-28: Pope Francis most popular world leader
2016-03-25: Aung San Suu Kyi to be Myanmar foreign minister
2016-03-19: Donald Trump on global risk list
2016-03-15: Ghana visas for all African Union members
2016-03-07: Turkey takes over biggest newspaper
2016-02-14: Researchers find Einstein's space waves
2016-02-12: Drought Leaves Ethiopia Facing Food Crisis
2016-02-06: Luxembourg to develop asteroid mining
2016-01-09: UN promises action on N Korea nuclear test
2016-01-06: Iran and Saudi Arabia in war of words
2015-12-31: Belgium arrests two over New Year terror plot
2015-12-22: Air France plane in bomb scare
2015-11-28: Putin warns Turkey after shooting of warplane
2015-11-22: Europe must 'wake up' to terror threats
2015-11-13: Russia faces athletics suspension
2015-11-07: China and Taiwan in historic meeting
2015-09-08: Germany and Austria welcome refugees
2015-08-21: Research shows dogs used to be more like cats
2015-08-12: Singapore celebrates 50 years of independence
2015-08-09: Egypt opens extension of Suez Canal
2015-05-04: Aid struggling to reach needy in Nepal
2015-04-22: Europe under fire for refugee policy
2015-04-13: Castro and Obama in historic handshake
2015-04-10: U.N. calls for help for Yarmouk
2015-04-01: Arab League agrees to make Arab "army"
2015-01-24: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies
2014-12-21: Hacked Sony film raises US - N. Korea tensions
2014-12-19: Major breakthrough in US-Cuba relations
2014-11-11: Ex-Soviet leader warns of new Cold War
2014-10-16: Somalia postal service back after 20 years
2014-09-20: Scotland rejects independence from U.K.
2014-09-16: Pope says World War III pretty much here
2014-08-11: U.S.A. starts air strikes in Iraq
2014-06-14: Thai junta orders free World Cup TV for all
2014-05-11: World helps Nigeria look for kidnapped girls
2014-02-18: U.N. 'very sorry' as Syria talks end in failure
2014-01-27: USA Olympics uniforms 'security risk' in Sochi
2014-01-25: Almost no poor countries by 2035
2013-12-18: Jade Rabbit sends photos from the Moon
2013-11-28: Central African Republic in chaos, says UN
2013-10-13: Republicans and Obama in debt crisis talks
2013-09-27: Iran's Rouhani addresses UN General Assembly
2013-09-21: Syria says it will destroy chemical weapons
2013-06-23: Haze at record levels in Singapore
2013-06-19: Iran's next president seeks "moderation"
2013-06-03: Istanbul park protests spread
2013-04-16: Global military spending falls
2013-04-02: Private newspapers return to Burma
2013-02-17: Meteorite hits Russia, thousands injured
2013-02-05: French warplanes attack rebels in N. Mali
2012-11-09: China's leadership change begins
2012-11-08: America re-elects President Barack Obama
2012-10-13: European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize
2012-10-07: Venice calls for independence from Italy
2012-09-22: Pakistan anti-Islam video protests – 19 dead
2012-07-18: Olympic security CEO admits 'shambles'
2012-07-09: Jordan politician pulls gun in TV debate
2012-07-03: Spain king welcomes soccer heroes home
2012-04-19: UN wives ask Mrs Assad to stop Syria violence
2011-12-30: 2012 to be better than 2011
2011-10-01: Karzai ends peace talks with the Taliban
2011-07-30: Apple richer than the U.S. government
2011-07-09: South Sudan becomes world's 193rd nation
2011-03-20: International coalition attacks Libya
2011-03-11: NATO rules out Libya no-fly zone, for now
2011-01-19: President Hu Jintao visits Barack Obama
2010-12-04: WikiLeaks founder hiding from “superpower”
2010-10-14: All 33 Chilean miners rescued
2010-10-08: Hanoi to celebrate its 1,000th birthday
2010-09-23: India rushing to save Commonwealth Games
2010-08-06: Rapper to run for Haiti President
2010-07-13: Spain win 2010 World Cup Final
2010-06-16: Afghanistan sitting on $1 trillion of minerals
2009-12-30: U.S. missile shield arms talks obstacle
2009-11-03: U.N. boss in Afghan election mission
2009-07-12: South Korea hit by cyber attacks
2009-06-15: Tension in Iran after election
2009-05-31: North Korea to test long-range missile
2009-05-16: A million flee Pakistan-Taliban fighting
2009-03-29: Thousands march ahead of G20 Summit
2009-02-03: Gaddafi suggests a United States of Africa
2008-12-02: Thai protesters continue airport sit-in
2008-11-20: Indian navy sinks Somali pirate ship
2008-10-24: Polls put Obama ahead in U.S. election
2008-10-15: World healthcare system for the rich
2008-10-12: Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
2008-09-18: Rwanda - world’s first women-led country
2008-08-31: McCain picks female running mate
2008-08-25: Record-setting Beijing Olympics end
2008-08-22: Poland and U.S. sign missile shield deal
2008-07-17: Zimbabwe inflation at 2,200,000 per cent
2008-07-11: Iran test-fires more missiles
2008-07-08: Leaders urge and wish at G8 summit
2008-07-05: Ingrid Betancourt back in France
2008-06-29: Mugabe claims victory in one-man election
2008-06-26: New Zealand signs historic Maori land deal
2008-06-14: Ireland ‘No’ vote plunges EU into crisis
2008-04-03: Camel beauty contest opens in UAE

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