Iranian forces "behaved with savage brutality" when they recently stormed a hospital in Ilam province, said a nurse who works there. The latest bout of mass protests poses a serious challenge to the r...
Poland scrambled jets on Christmas morning after detecting a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying close to Polish airspace. Moscow said they made an offer to Paris over a jailed French researcher. F...
President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he'd even invited the leader of the South...
Even as France and the UK offer a written commitment to Ukraine to deploy troops in the event of a peace deal, doubts remain whether the US will back those troops in case they come under a Russian att...
Russia has hit Ukraine’s Lviv region with its intermediate-range ballistic missile Oreshnik. A separate missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed four people and injured 19, including paramedics who wer...
The US president repeatedly said he would only meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the diplomatic peace process is at its final stage. According to Ukraine’s president the peace plan is 90% complete. When t...
In the days before the meeting, Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine's capital, using missiles and drones to attack Kyiv and try to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy. (Image credit: Geert Va...
Syria's Kurdish fighters said Sunday that they agreed under a ceasefire to withdraw from Aleppo after days of fighting government forces in the city. Hours earlier, Syria's military said it had finish...
Dozens of international humanitarian organisations will be banned from operating in the devastated Gaza Strip after Israel said the groups had not complied with a deadline to meet "security and transp...
US President Donald Trump said Iranian leaders "know the consequences" should Iran try to rebuild its nuclear program after June's brief war. He was speaking as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya...
Danish soldiers must open fire even without orders if US troops were to try and capture Greenland by force, according to a 1952 directive that Denmark's Defence Ministry confirmed remains in place, do...
The deadliest clashes so far broke out on January 6 between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo. This comes as efforts to merge the U.S.-ba...
US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner travelled to Paris for the meeting of the coalition, launched last year by France and Britain. They were welcomed a...
Malaysia’s tourism minister has urged the public to be more friendly to visitors and take cleanliness seriously as the country ramps up preparations for Visit Malaysia 2026, after several government a...
Japan’s economy is likely to fall behind India’s in 2026 to fifth place in the world, according to an International Monetary Fund’s estimate, potentially diminishing the East Asian nation’s presence o...
Offshore bondholders of distressed developer China Vanke could face near-total losses in a worst-case scenario, according to Barclays, underscoring the deepening risks in mainland China’s property sec...
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom have joined Denmark in reaffirming that mineral-rich Greenland “belongs to its people.” As the Americas and Europe find them...
At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said on Tuesday. Traditional i...
Malaysia on Thursday moved to bring some of the world’s biggest social media and messaging platforms under its licensing regime, closing a year-long gap in which several tech giants had operated witho...
Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Gaza wa...