Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev announced that Baku and Yerevan have reached consensus on approximately 80 percent of the draft peace agreement in the ongoing negotiations.
A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, police said on Sept. 6.
France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier started consulting all sides on Sept. 6 to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock.
The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures ever recorded, beating last year's record and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever, the EU's climate monitor said on Sept. 6.
More than 600,000 children in the war-torn Gaza strip could miss a whole school term for another year if the conflict continues, with some teachers setting up tent schools in ever-shrinking areas declared safe by the Israeli army.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized on Sept. 4 the purchase of Israel-made Pegasus spyware by the country's police to "intercept communications" of political leaders and activists under his predecessor's government.
Around 24 million Algerians are poised to head to the polls tomorrow for a vote in which experts say incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune faces no real risk to his rule as he seeks a second term.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was ready for talks with Ukraine, after having previously rebuffed the idea of negotiations while Kyiv's offensive into the Kursk region was ongoing.
A 14-year-old gunman killed at least four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the U.S. state of Georgia on Wednesday, law enforcement said.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged over $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the pandemic.
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal, after the Israeli premier said the Palestinian militant group has "rejected everything" in negotiations.
The unprecedented success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the Sept. 1 elections in two German states has triggered concerns among some of the millions of Turks residing in the country, who fear a surge in xenophobia.
The Iraqi Turkmen Front has that its members in Iraq’s Kirkuk province will continue to protest by not attending provincial council sessions, as they did during the previous governorate elections.
The Israeli army has deployed more forces to the northern parts of the occupied West Bank, with its deadly raids entering the second week.
A Russian strike on the historic centre of Lviv in western Ukraine has killed seven people including three children, officials said Wednesday, a day after a particularly bloody attack in the central city of Poltava in which dozens died.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will host over two dozen African leaders at a lavish dinner in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the city's biggest summit in years with promises of cooperation in infrastructure, energy and education.