Global food prices rose in April for the third consecutive month, with vegetable oil prices surging amid supply disruptions tied to the Iran war, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) inspected the production of new-type self-propelled gun-howitzers to be deployed at the country's southern border this year during a visit to a major munitions enterprise on Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured on Thursday after a bus originating from Malawi overturned in South Africa's Limpopo Province, local authorities said on Friday. The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety said the accident occurred at around 6 p.m. local time

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the hantavirus outbreak as a "level 3" emergency, the lowest, ABC News reported on Thursday. This means a low risk to public health, but the situation is being actively monitored by the health agency, said the report.

In response to a foreign media question asking when the Chinese side will officially announce relevant information about the China-US presidential meeting, what expectations China has for this meeting, and what major topics the two sides will focus on, as US President Donald Trump recently said

"As far as I know, representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Russia will attend the event [Victory Day parade in Moscow] upon invitation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press briefing on Friday, in response to media inquiries over the relevant information regarding the

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday rejected a Bloomberg report claiming that Honduras' newly elected president is reviewing ties and agreements with China, criticizing the report for distorting facts and sowing discord.

Two British nationals have been confirmed to have contracted hantavirus, with a third British national suspected of infection on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday.None of the British citizens onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius are currently

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon will pay a state visit to China from May 11 to 14, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Friday.

Starting May 1, China fully implemented a zero-tariff policy for 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations.Meanwhile, it will continue advancing negotiations and the signing of agreements on economic partnership for shared development and further expand market access for African

The BBC is hosting a party for David Attenborough at the Royal Albert Hall. Cinemas are playing his nature films. Friends have spent weeks lavishing praise on the man and his work.But the world's most famous wildlife presenter is likely to be uncomfortable with all the attention as he celebrates

UN experts warned Thursday that a January fuel blockade imposed on Cuba by U.S. President Donald Trump amounts to "energy starvation" in the country."Cuba has been subjected to energy starvation by the United States, a condition in which the lack of fuel cripples the functioning of essential

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday urged the United States to provide verifiable evidence to support its accusations that several Mexican officials have ties to organized crime.On April 29, U.S. prosecutors in the Southern District of New York indicted Ruben Rocha Moya, governor of the

Anunciata Schwebel could only watch in horror on FaceTime while her friend and tenant slunk into a bathtub to take cover from one of several tornadoes that slammed into Mississippi just after sunset Wednesday.Her friend screamed that the windows were breaking. Schwebel could see on her screen the

People attend a rally to mourn for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and pledge allegiance to incumbent Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, May 7, 2026.