Italy, Sweden, Australia and Canada have joined a slew of countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox, signalling a global outbreak. ....

US President Joe Biden on Thursday offered "full, total, complete" support for Sweden and Finland's applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ....

The attempt by the US to take over Ukraine's grain reserves may spark a humanitarian crisis in the country and lead to grain shortages globally, Russian President Vladimir Putins aide, Maksim Oreshkin, said on Thursday. ....

Russian and Ukrainian officials have said that negotiations on a solution to the ongoing war have been suspended as the process is mired in a stalemate. ....

The first commercial flight in six years took off from Sanaa, Yemen's capital under the control of the Houthi militia, as an essential part of the ongoing truce between the two warring sides. ....

The Chinese currency is declining rapidly as the world's second largest economy falters under the weight of Covid restrictions, CNN reported. ....

Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has warned that if a date for the general elections is not announced, the "sea of people" heading towards Islamabad would be detrimental to the interests of the government, media reports said. ....

India is exploring ways to help its students whose education in Ukraine has been interrupted by the war, according to India's Deputy Permanent Representative R. Ravindra. ....

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un on Thursday urged the people to implement "maximum emergency" prevention measures after the first-ever Covid-19 case in more than two years was confirmed, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. ....

With a change in the Pakistan federal government, the Pak Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has ruled out the possibility of a resumption of stalled bilateral trade with India, Dawn reported. ....