The death toll from Russia’s missile and drone strikes on Kyiv has risen to 26, including three children, Ukraine’s interior ministry said.
Australia’s spy chief has singled out Russia as an “aggressive espionage threat”, saying several Moscow-linked intelligence officers have been caught and expelled in recent years....
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev....
Israel is evacuating most of its diplomatic mission staff in the United Arab Emirates, Israeli media reported, after Israel’s National Security Council sharpened its travel warning for Israelis staying in the Gulf country....
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad published a video of an Israeli-German hostage who was abducted and taken to Gaza in October 2023 during the attack that sparked the war in the territory....
US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Israel on Thursday on ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism....
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....
The US must agree to compensate Iran for losses incurred during the June war, the Financial Times reported, citing Iran’s foreign minister, as Tehran adopts a tougher stance and sets new conditions for restarting nuclear negotiations....
A Russian strike on a military training camp killed at least three Ukrainian soldiers, following an overnight offensive in the south that killed a pregnant woman and a dozen prisoners....
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....
At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, regional officials said....
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....
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....
