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Under the scorching sun, Nur Apsyah stood in line with hundreds of others, hoping to get some of the scarce food aid in Indonesia’s flood-hit Sumatra.   She was one …

The South African Police Service has arrested four men at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on suspicion that they had signed up to join Russian forces to fight in …

Nearly 200 nations on Saturday pushed through a modest deal at the UN’s COP30 climate summit in the Amazon region of host country Brazil. It was welcomed by some as a decent …

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia signed a new peace framework in Qatar on Saturday, aiming to end the conflict that has devastated communities in …

No fewer than 150 Palestinians, including a woman who is nine months pregnant, have mysteriously landed in South Africa without any exit stamp from Israeli authorities. It was gathered that …

A new prosecutor has taken over the election interference case in the US state of Georgia against President Donald Trump after the previous district attorney was removed. Peter Skandalakis, the …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bipartisan bill to end the longest government shutdown in United States history — a 43-day standoff that crippled Washington, left hundreds of thousands …

Russia on Monday dismissed as delusional the notion that Ukraine could win the ongoing war, even as its military claimed to have captured three additional villages along the vast front …

Members of Iraq’s security forces and internally displaced people went to the polls for early voting on Sunday ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Polling stations opened at 04:00 GMT …

Donald Trump has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from U.S. sanctions on purchasing oil and gas from Russia, according to a White House official. During Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s …

North Korea’s defence minister warned Saturday of more “offensive action”, as Washington and Seoul criticised Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile launch. North Korea’s missile launch on Friday came just over a …

The government of Russia has declared that it is closely following recent developments in Nigeria in light of remarks by Donald J. Trump indicating possible U.S. military intervention in the …

The Dutch Electoral Council officially declared Rob Jetten the winner of last week’s election on Friday, setting the 38-year-old centrist on course to become the country’s youngest-ever prime minister. Jetten …

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed his own government for rising consumer prices on Thursday, boosting pressure on the managers of the sanctions-hit economy. The annual inflation rate stood at nearly …

The United States government has arrested five international fugitives wanted by Germany, which charged th​e individuals for ​their roles in a mega fraud. The criminal network, ​in cahoots with German …

European Union (EU) environment ministers have approved a new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, following lengthy negotiations in Brussels, just weeks before the UN …

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City in a political earthquake that will put a 34-year-old democratic socialist in charge of America’s largest city. The Independent Mirror reports …

The People’s Republic of China has expressed strong support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration while warning against foreign interference in Nigeria’s internal affairs following a recent threat by U.S. President …

President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public, and that the United States would follow suit. “Russia’s testing, …

Recent satellite imagery indicates that mass killings are continuing in and around the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, according to Yale researchers. This comes days after the city fell to the …

After years of delays, Cairo is finally set to open the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday — a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Egypt hopes will help revive …

A fresh surge of Russian assaults on Ukraine has once more disrupted the nation’s energy systems as winter nears, resulting in multiple casualties and injuries. Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) – One …

Opposition-led protests against the government are likely to persist today throughout Tanzania, after unrest and an internet blackout took place yesterday during the presidential election. Authorities have ordered government workers …

At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday night in a series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency and local hospitals. Israel …

US President Donald Trump co-signed a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia, marking the initial stop on his Asia tour, which will culminate in discussions with Chinese leader …

US President Donald Trump criticized Canada for engaging in “dirty” tactics on Friday, as a dispute over an advertisement featuring former leader Ronald Reagan, which led Trump to cancel trade …

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza, as Palestinian factions agreed that a committee of technocrats …

The ad, sponsored by the Canadian province of Ontario and released last week, uses excerpts from a 1987 address Reagan gave on foreign trade. In the speech, Reagan warned that …

Crude prices spiked more than two percent Thursday after US President Donald Trump said he would impose heavy sanctions on two Russian oil companies. Meanwhile equity markets rallied after Beijing …

US President Donald Trump threatened to “eradicate” Hamas if it breached its ceasefire deal with Israel, as Vice President JD Vance travelled to the region Tuesday to bolster the fragile …

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” following days of intense border clashes that left dozens dead, including at least ten civilians killed in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan …

Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated …

China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat …

The European Commission said Friday it welcomes a meeting in Budapest between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin if it can help end the Ukraine war. Spokespeople said …

Saudi Arabia has announced a major new project flanking Mecca’s Grand Mosque, providing 900,000 extra praying spaces together with residential and hospitality services for the millions of pilgrims who visit …

Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened …

An elite military unit in Madagascar has taken control of the government after parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, following weeks of protests over power shortages and corruption. The …

A nephew of the deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has made his way back to the West Bank following four years of voluntary exile. He has proposed a plan aimed …

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says Israel is demanding that Hamas uphold its end of the deal, after it said it only intends to return the bodies of four …

The US president has expressed his appreciation for Arab nations and the Muslim leaders “that came together to press Hamas, to set the hostages free”. “We had a lot of …

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday’s Gaza summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh because it coincides with a Jewish holiday, his office said. “Prime …

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] China has called United …

Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, is likely to extend his 43 years in power in the Central African nation. Biya shakes hands with an election observer after …

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has arrived in New Delhi for a six-day official visit, marking the first-ever trip by a senior Taliban official to India since the group …

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan aimed at ending the two-year Gaza conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Under the …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has voiced strong support for US President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza ceasefire plan, as delegates from Hamas, Israel, and the United States gather in Cairo …

This handout photograph taken and released by Nepal’s Army on October 5, 2025 shows Army personnel carrying a landslide victim evacuated by a helicoper following heavy rain-triggered landslides and floods …

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine in a large-scale overnight assault, officials reported on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of at least five individuals and causing …

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging that she has caused the state to lose hundreds of billions of dollars. …

The potential delivery of Tomahawk and Barracuda missiles to Ukraine is merely a diversionary tactic employed by the United States government, stated President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Putin expressed his …