Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the US and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance but Moscow pressed ahead with major battlefield gains in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was planning a second meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin soon after Friday’s Alaska summit -- this time with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky included....
South Korea’s former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, appeared in court, where a judge will decide whether to approve a special prosecutor’s request for a warrant to arrest her on accusations of graft....
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation, days ahead of Putin’s summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media reported....
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot” as the country weighs up whether to recognise a Palestinian state....
Israel’s new offensive in Gaza City could take weeks to start, leaving the door open for a ceasefire, officials say, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would get under way “fairly quickly” and end the war with Hamas’ defeat....
Ukraine said on Tuesday it was engaged in “difficult” battles with Russian forces after Moscow had made rapid advances in a narrow but important section of the front line in the country’s east....
Iranian police arrested as many as 21 000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media....
Ukraine has retaken two villages in its eastern region of Sumy, Kyiv’s military said, adding to recent small territorial gains along the border with Russia ahead of peace talks at a summit of the US and Russian leaders set for Friday....
EU foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the looming summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, as Europe fears any deal made without Ukraine could force unacceptable compromises....
Japanese authorities urged millions to evacuate their homes after heavy rains unleashed floods and landslides in the country’s southwest, leaving several residents missing....
European leaders pushed for Ukraine to be a part of negotiations between the United States and Russia, ahead of talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump....
Russian President Vladimir Putin met India’s national security advisor on Thursday, a day after Washington hiked tariffs on New Delhi over its purchases of Moscow’s oil....
A US appeals court overturned on Friday a lower court’s ruling finding probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of court over their handling of the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants under a centuries-old wartime law....
The eastern Sudanese city of El Fasher has been under siege for almost a year. Fighters in the country’s civil war have blocked all roads, putting around 300 000 inhabitants at risk of famine....
Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, a move expanding military operations in the shattered Palestinian territory that drew strong fresh criticism at home and abroad on Friday over its pursuit of the almost two-year-old war....
Japan’s weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima, warning “lives are at risk” as authorities told half a million people to evacuate....
US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Vladimir Putin for upcoming talks on the Ukraine war even if the Russian leader had not sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Washington to ramp up pressure on Russia to end its invasion during a visit to Moscow by US envoy Steve Witkoff....
US President Donald Trump said his special envoy Steve Witkoff had made “great progress” in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin....
The Israeli military will have to execute any government decisions on Gaza, the defence minister said after reported disagreements over the prospect of a full occupation of the Palestinian territory....
Beijing on Monday warned residents in its mountainous suburbs to brace for another round of heavy rainfall, a week after catastrophic floods killed dozens in the deadliest deluge to hit the Chinese capital since 2012....
The United States on Monday issued a security alert after heavy gunfire erupted near its embassy in Haiti, with the impoverished Caribbean country engulfed by escalating gang violence....
As it grinds on well into its twenty-second month, Israel’s war in Gaza has set friends and families against one another and sharpened existing political and cultural divides....
Hamas said that it would not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established - a fresh rebuke to a key Israeli demand to end the war in Gaza....
Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials including former heads of intelligence agencies have urged US President Donald Trump to pressure their own government to end the war in Gaza....
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....
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives’ survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas’ October 2023 attack....
A viral video claimed to show a deadly tsunami triggered by a record-breaking earthquake in Russia’s Far East. But the footage - shared widely across Asia - was actually filmed years ago in Durban, South Africa, and has no link to the recent disaster...
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....
