The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, in which at least nine people were killed. A curfew has been imposed, and schools, universit...
The summit of the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" is focused on security guarantees Ukraine requires in the event of a ceasefire to deter further Russian aggression. According to a draft statemen...
Crucial talks regarding the 2026 budget are set to resume in the French National Assembly on January 13. A few days earlier, a parliamentary committee rejected the budget bill in its present form, ano...
On January 11, Donald Trump said his administration was working well with Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodriguez and that he would be open to meeting with her, in a small respite since the capture ...
US President Donald Trump has been told by the CIA that Venezuelan now interim president Delcy Rodriguez and other senior officials from Maduro's government are the best bet to maintain stability, sou...
Ukraine's allies meet in Paris on â January 6, seeking to finalise as much as possible their contributions to future security guarantees to reassure Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Accord...
Pope Leo XIV closed the final "Holy Door" in St Peter's Basilica in Rome on January 6, the day of Epiphany, signalling the end of the 2025 Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to the city. This...
A billboard in downtown Tehran pictured last Tuesday. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Protests against Iran's government have escalated in the past weeks. Dozens of flights to and from the...
A former UN Middle East envoy has been chosen to direct US President Donald Trumpâs Board of Peace to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, Israelâs prime minister said on Thursday, as at least eight more de...
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom have joined Denmark in reaffirming that mineral-rich Greenland âbelongs to its people.â As the Americas and Europe find them...
The UN has condemned the US attack on Venezuela & the abduction of Nicolas Maduro. As the world body calls on the int'l community to "come together" & forcefully reject "undermining a fundamental prin...
Southeast Asia has become âground zeroâ for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndica...
US President Donald Trump on Monday described Beijingâs large-scale military exercises around Taiwan as routine activities that have occurred âfor 20-25 yearsâ, expressing no concern over the escalati...
The scene at MDC on Saturday evening as Maduro was transported to the prison Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife have reportedly been transferred to a federal prison in Br...
I attended a memorial service last month for victims of the Nanking massacre, held at the Hong Kong government offices in Admiralty. Such occasions are solemn reminders of historyâs darkest moments, f...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his country was â10 per centâ away from a deal to end the war with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were unresolved and war...
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Around 100 flights were cancelled at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport on January 7 and a further 40 were cancelled at Orly airport because of snowfall and fierce cold. All public bus services in the ...
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck m...
Two men arrested over a 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million) robbery in Hong Kong were remanded in custody after appearing at Fanling Court on Friday. Lee Wan-kwong, 36, and Lee Chun-wa, 28, were each charg...