Kyiv seeks UN Security Council meeting after Putin announces his country will station tactical nuclear arms in Belarus.
After hearing that a nearby convenience store had been hit by shelling from Cambodia last week, Koon Kantho quickly packed her essentials, locked up her home and scurried to safety at a relative’s house with her family....
Authorities in French Polynesia warned the population of several of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to 4m high after a huge quake off Russia’s Far east....
The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a “megathrust fault”, where the denser Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the lighter North American Plate, scientists said....
The Gaza Strip, largely deprived of electricity by Israel since the start of the war, appears seven times less bright at night than before October 7, 2023, according to AFP analysis of NASA satellite data....
Hawaiian authorities have seen no sign of a significant wave since beginning preparations for a tsunami after a powerful earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, governor Josh Green said....
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, damaging buildings and generating a tsunami of up to 4 m that prompted warnings and evacuations stretching across the Pacific Ocean....
At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, regional officials said....
Top US and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks to resolve longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world’s top two economies, aiming to extend a truce by three months....
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said that Hamas must disarm and give up control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority to restore security in the war-torn territory....
A Russian overnight air attack on Kyiv wounded eight residents of an apartment building, including a 3-year-old child, authorities in the Ukrainian capital said....
Thailand and Cambodia’s leaders are due to meet for peace talks as a festering territorial dispute along their shared frontier dragged into a fifth day of open combat....
US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday announced they had reached a deal to end a transatlantic tariffs standoff and avert a full-blown trade war....
Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned on Friday that cross-border clashes with Cambodia that have uprooted more than 130 000 people “could develop into war” as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day....
Ukraine and Russia attacked targets on each other’s territory after brief direct talks between the two sides failed to make any progress on steps to end nearly three-and-a-half years of war....
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned on Thursday that China’s ties with Russia were now the “determining” factor in its relations with the European Union....
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to be ready “for real war” as he observed a firing contest of artillery units, Pyongyang state media said....
A passenger plane carrying nearly 50 people crashed in a remote spot in Russia’s far eastern region of Amur, with no immediate signs of survivors, authorities said....
Brazil is finalising its submission to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel’s actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign ministry said in a statement....
AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip said on Tuesday that chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel’s conflict with Hamas militants....
Ukraine has toughened restrictions on two anti-corruption agencies at the centre of the government’s reform drive, rolling back their autonomy in favour of tighter executive control....
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country is prepared for any war Israel might wage against it, adding he was not optimistic about the ceasefire between the countries....
US President Donald Trump accused former president Barack Obama of “treason”, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading an effort to falsely tie him to Russia and undermine his 2016 presidential campaign....
More than 100 aid organisations warned that “mass starvation” was spreading in Gaza ahead of the US top envoy’s visit to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and an aid corridor....
Russia on Monday downplayed the chances of a breakthrough in peace talks with Ukraine, saying the two sides held “diametrically” opposed positions, hours after it launched a massive drone and missile barrage on Kyiv....
A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s far east on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said....
The EU on Friday adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow’s oil exports....
Israel bombed the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country’s Druze minority alone, as authorities announced a ceasefire in the community’s southern heartland after deadly sectarian clashes....
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not target Moscow and that Russian President Vladimir Putin should agree to a ceasefire deal by a 50-day deadline or sanctions will kick in....
US President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X....
