The leaders of the European Union (EU) member states have endorsed a package of measures to deal with the immediate effects of the spike in energy prices, the European Council said on Friday.

President Muhammadu Buhari has offered his deepest condolences to President Joe Biden, the government and people of the United States, on the passing of the former Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell.

Climate change contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa last year, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and partners said in a report published on Tuesday.

Gen. Colin Powell, the trailblasing son of the South Bronx who rose to the highest ranks of the U.S. military, died of complications from COVID-19 in spite of being fully vaccinated.

A 96-year-old German woman who was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing last month on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two appeared before a judge on Tuesday in the northern town of Itzehoe.

The WHO and UNICEF on Monday announced in a joint statement that the Taliban leadership has agreed to allow the resumption of the door-to-door vaccination drive against polio across Afghanistan.

The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern about the situation in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, as nine people died in air strikes.

Chinese lawmakers are mulling over a draft law banning parents from placing excessive workload on their children.