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...
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists are arrested as crackdown on dissent widens...
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As anti-government protests continue in Iran, countries in the region are watching. Some are concerned; others sense potential opportunity....
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A French national detained in Togo last year over his alleged involvement in anti-government protests returned to France on Thursday after his release, the French foreign ministry said. The prosecutor...
Maduro regime maintains grip on streets of capital after US raid...
At least one person was injured in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon late on Monday and into the early hours of Tuesday. Officials say the strikes targeted multiple areas, including in the third-lar...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Finnish government released a Truth and Reconciliation report documenting harms to the Sámi people. ✓ Climate change,...
Threatened by two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the Minister of the Interior to look into the possibility of holding legislative elections on the same dates as m...
Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said last month that the US strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination between the two nations....
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...
Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in the country's first general election since a takeover that installed a military government five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships incl...
The Sudanese government which had been driven out by war has returned to Khartoum and promises “better services” for the capital's residents, Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced on Sunday. The army-a...
In Aleppo, at least nine people were killed in clashes between government forces and Kurdish SDF forces on January 6. A defence ministry statement blamed the SDF for the civilian casualties, while the...
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...
Communist government in Havana strikes defiant pose after US president vows to cut off energy lifeline...
US president shifts tone on interim government as he takes a more conciliatory approach to opposition...
Massive shake-up is a show of force after corruption scandal last year weakened Ukraine’s government...