Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected jihadists, Kurdish forces and a war monitor said.
Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on their Palestinian staff, despite mounting criticism from the United Nations and the European Union. Several NGOs have told AFP the new rules will have a major impact on food a...
Finnish authorities seized a vessel on Wednesday, suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea. ...
Deep in the Carpathian mountains in west Ukraine, a government programme offers Ukrainian military medics a ten-day respite from the war while helping them confront their traumas. #ukraine #ukrainewar #ukrainearmy...
Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by two years of war attempted to stay dry in tents frayed by months of use. The foreign ministers of 10 nations on Tuesday expressed "serious concerns" about a "renewed deterioration...
Ukraine said Tuesday there was no "plausible" evidence it launched a drone attack on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences, and accused Moscow of peddling falsehoods to influence peace talks. Story by Laurent Berstecher....
In Gaza, a fragile ceasefire has been in place since October, but humanitarian conditions remain dire. Many in the international community accuse Israel of refusing to allow necessary aid into the territory. In this difficult context, some Palestinians are turning to art to help them process the tr...
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country, and warned that it viewed Emirati actions as “extremely dangerous.” Story by Ellen Gainsford....
Israel warns it will suspend from January several aid organisations operating in Gaza if they fail to provide details about their Palestinian staff, accusing two Doctors Without Borders employees of links to militant groups. The organisation, which provided care to nearly half a million people ...
Beijing said Wednesday it had "successfully completed" military drills around Taiwan that simulated a blockade of the self-governing island's key ports. The war games began days after the US announced an unprecedented $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan. ...
Russia's defence ministry released a video Wednesday of a downed drone that it says Ukraine launched at President Vladimir Putin's residence in north-west Russia this week. Kyiv has denounced Moscow’s claims as a “lie”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments....
For the first time since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, Libyans are reconnecting with their ancient heritage at the recently reopened national museum in Tripoli....
A group of 10 countries, including France, warned on Tuesday that the situation in Gaza was "catastrophic" due to the "renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation" in the Palestinian enclave. They called on Israel to allow greater access for NGOs and to lift restrictions on importing esse...
China stepped up its military drills around Taiwan with live-fire exercises on Tuesday, the second day of an operation dubbed “Justice Mission 2025". The massive show of force comes at a crucial time as Beijing seeks to capitalise on domestic political tensions in Taiwan and issue a warni...
The United Arab Emirates announced on December 30 the withdrawal of its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia set a 24-hour deadline for their departure, following a Saudi strike in a Yemeni port controlled by UAE-backed separatists. Initially intervening on the same side in the Yemeni war o...
In an overnight strike, the Saudi military hit a Yemeni port saying they were neutralising a weapons shipments arriving from UAE and meant for the STC separatist group. The UAE has denied the shipment contained weapons and claimed the vehicles were not intended for any groups. Both countries have s...
More than a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, images of the former dictator persist throughout Syria, not least on the country's banknotes. On December 30, the country's current president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the introduction of new notes, which will no longer bear the likeness of Assad...
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it could not prove its claim that Ukrainian drones targeted one of President Vladimir Putin's residences because the drones were all "shot down". Moscow accused Ukraine of launching 91 long-range drones at Putin's home in the Novgorod region in what it called a "pe...
China continued on December 30 for a second day its live-fire military exercises around Taiwan. The exercises involved 130 military jets and 22 warships in the vicinity of the island in the space of 24 hours. Beijing considers the self-ruled island part of its territory and claims it is acting agai...
Russia accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Vladimir Putin's residence, vowing to respond and warning it would toughen its position on a possible peace deal. Vladimir Putin also told Russian army commanders to press on with their offensive in Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine has denied the accusatio...
Russian drones on Tuesday hit two civilian vessels entering a Ukrainian Black Sea port to load wheat, the Ukrainian navy said, causing damage to the ships and facilities. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. ...
Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of having fired dozens of drones at one of President Vladimir Putin's homes, an accusation that Ukraine called a "lie" aimed at undermining US-led efforts to end the war. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who does not typically announce drone strikes, said Ukr...
Control over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in east Ukraine has remained one of the main sticking points in peace negotiations since Russia took control of it in March 2022. Zaporizhzhia's proximity to the front lines has sparked international fears for the safety and stability of the nuclear...
A theatre that became a symbol of Russia’s 2022 siege of Mariupol has reopened after extensive restoration, Russian authorities said. State television showed a gala event and rebuilt interiors, including a marble staircase, columns and a large crystal chandelier. Amnesty International said at lea...
China has launched sea and air military drills around Taiwan, which it claims as its own. Riled by a US arms package to the island nation and Japan saying it would intervene in the case of an invasion, it calls its war games a warning against what it calls separatist forces and external interferenc...
China has spoken out against the demolition of a monument near the entrance to the Panama Canal, celebrating the friendship of the two nations, with local authorities citing safety issues and an expired land concession. It comes amid warnings from Donald Trump over Beijing's influence over the key...
Speaking at a joint press conference, both US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were cautiously optimistic about negotiations over the 20-point peace plan for Ukraine. But progress made doesn't include issues of security guarantees for Ukraine, nor the country's east...
Taiwan's Civil Aviation Administration said that the delay of roughly 296 international departures, 265 international arrivals and 296 transit flights affected by the live-fire drills that China launched around the island on Monday would snarl travel for more than 100,000 passengers....
The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for the next 15 years with the possibility of an extension, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday after talks with the US president at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Kyiv is seeking guarantees for a longer time period....
China this morning conducted live-fire military drills in waters around Taiwan, aimed, it says, as a warning against separatist forces in the self-ruled island. Codenamed "Justice Mission 2025", the drills come just ten days after the Trump administration announced Washington's largest ever arms pa...
Myanmar's dominant pro-military party claimed an overwhelming victory in the first phase of the elections after democracy watchdogs warned the junta-run poll would entrench military rule. The election win will be a way for the ruling junta, in power after a military coup in 2021 against the elected...
