How Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s long alliance ruptured
The longtime alliance between the Gulf’s heavyweights has descended into open confrontation...
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The longtime alliance between the Gulf’s heavyweights has descended into open confrontation...
Israel has carried out attacks in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Qatar and Yemen, as well as in maritime waters....
A brand-new museum has been established in Berlin to showcase the many fascinating Medieval artefacts that are being found underneath the German capital....
President Lai Ching-te said the world is watching to see whether the Taiwanese people possess the resolve to defend themselves. Meanwhile, Beijing said the eventual annexation of Taiwan is "unstoppa...
The US said the strike came at the request of the Nigerian authorities. Trump had previously threatened military action to protect Christians in Nigeria from what he described as a "genocide."...
Turkish special police detained more than 100 suspected members of the "Islamic State" terrorist group that they said were planning on carrying out attacks during Christmas and New Year celebrations i...
Syrian authorities announced a 13-hour curfew and said the arrest of 21 members of the Alawite community in Latakia. The city is a bastion of Syria's Alawite minority, of which former President Bashar...
Beijing has condemned Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te’s New Year’s Day speech, in which he vowed to boost the island’s defences, as full of “lies, falsehoods, hostility and malice” and an attemp...
US Representative Warren Davidson said the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act may backfire on Americans by stripping them of their financial freedom and privacy....
The pyrotechnic displays against Hong Kong’s world-famous skyline of skyscrapers typically draw hundreds of thousands of people including many tourists to both sides of the promenade....
Earlier this year, Israel changed its registration process for aid groups, which included a requirement to submit a list of staff, including Palestinians in Gaza....
Protests triggered by soaring inflation and a collapsing currency have highlighted widespread political discontent. Will Iran's deep economic woes lead to regime change?...
Jakarta and its sprawling environs’ 42mn inhabitants are now the most populous conurbation, according to the UN...
Seoul has been putting its weight behind lowering the temperature on stalled US-North Korea denuclearisation talks. The issue remains fraught with tension: Washington has grown increasingly sceptical ...
Bulgaria became the 21st member of the currency union, bringing the number of people using the single European currency to more than 350 million....
A nightly raid on the outskirts of Accra led to the arrest of some 50 Nigerians on suspicion of online fraud. Ghana has been rife with online scam incidents, as its youth complain of scarce economic p...
FRANCE 24 heads north to the kingdom of Denmark. The Scandinavian country has been in the spotlight this year, holding the rotating presidency of the European Council from July to December and pushing...
The blast took place in the city of Maiduguri, the capital of the restive Borno state in the northeast. No group has claimed responsibility for what authorities say was a suspected bombing....
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Japan is seeking to bolster its defense capabilities in the face of "the most severe" security environment since the end of World War II....