As Germany heads for elections, its security services warn that Russia and its sympathisers may step up meddling and disinformation to boost extremist parties and sow doubt about the democratic process.
Sudan’s war has displaced millions, leaving parts of the country facing famine. Aid agencies warn children are bearing the brunt as food shortages worsen and humanitarian funding declines....
Germany poured cold water on calls to suspend the EU’s cooperation deal with Israel, despite rising anger over the war in Lebanon and the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories....
US President Donald Trump said late that obtaining uranium from Iran would be “long” and “difficult” in the aftermath of last year’s US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites....
Canada’s close ties to the United States were once a strength but have become a weakness, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video message to his country in which he also praised the heroism of military leaders who fought against the US invasion more than two centuries ago....
The Iran war has upended the process of transferring the archipelago’s sovereignty from the UK to Mauritius, write Zoë McCathie and Ronak Gopaldas in ISS Today....
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to 3m....
The war in Sudan has been raging for the past three years, and a ceasefire is nowhere in sight. Participants at a conference of donors in Berlin hope at least to ease the suffering of the people caught in the middle....
Over 38 000 women and girls were killed in the Gaza war by the end of 2025, the UN estimated on Friday, amounting to over half of the 71 000 deaths recorded by the territory's health ministry....
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned on Friday that allowing “setbacks” to democracy would bring authoritarian regimes like Hitler’s, ahead of a gathering of world left-wing leaders in Spain....
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord agreed in Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump said he believed a deal to end the Iran war would come “soon”, although the timing remains unclear....
US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war in Iran could be reached soon, although the timing remained unclear, while US allies were gathering to discuss reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route....
US officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as the Iran war continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said....
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect and US President Donald Trump said the next meeting between the US and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding to optimism that the Iran war could be nearing an end....
China’s President Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, Chinese state media said, as a string of leaders of countries impacted by the Middle East war flock to Beijing....
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 pm EST (2100 GMT), signalling a pause in Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has raged in parallel to the war with Iran....
A massive Russian drone and missile barrage killed at least 16 people in cities across Ukraine, more than four years into the war with peace talks stalled, Ukrainian officials said....
Optimism grew that the war in the Middle East may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator in Tehran and the administration of US President Donald Trump talking up hopes for a deal that would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz....
The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to grant refugee status in Russia to South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, a project similar to one by the US government....
US President Donald Trump said the war with Iran was close to over, telling the world to brace for an “amazing two days”, as the army chief of mediator Pakistan arrived in Tehran in a bid to prevent a renewed conflict....
Iran has demanded that it receive compensation for the destruction caused by the US and Israel’s attacks, as the country remains defiant and regional powers continue their attempts to mediate an end to the conflict....
Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into “majoritarian tyranny”, in a letter issued by the Vatican two days after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff on social media....
Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, US President Donald Trump said, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports....
Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday for US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon, but the prospects of an agreement appear slim....
Pope Leo told Reuters that he plans to continue speaking out against war after US President Donald Trump’s direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member church....
The US military began a blockade of Iran’s ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial waterway, although hopes for dialogue to end the war provided some relief to oil markets, where benchmark prices fell below $100....
The exhibition “Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style”, which opened at Buckingham Palace, showcases 300 outfits, including her wedding and coronation gowns....
The deadline passed on Monday for the start of a US military blockade of ships leaving Iran’s ports, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down....
Iranian authorities executed at least 1 639 people in 2025, the highest number since 1989, two NGOs said on Monday, warning it risked using capital punishment even more extensively after protests in January and the war against Israel and the US....
The truce between the US, Israel and Iran has eased pressure on African markets. But economists warn that deep‑rooted vulnerabilities mean the rebound may be short‑lived....
US House of Representatives Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to end US attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump’s party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president’s war powers....
