Ukraine troops prepare for threat of Russia capturing Bakhmut
Ukrainian troops conducting weekend exercises near the small town of Siversk, in the country’s east, said they were preparing to defend one of the possible targets of a new ...
U.S. stages joint air exercises with Asian allies after North Korea’s ICBM launch
The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ...
Survivors dug out of rubble in Turkey, but many families pray to find a body to mourn
Survivors were still being dug out of the rubble in earthquake-hit Turkey, but for many grieving families their only hope is that the remains of their loved ones will be ...
Blinken warns China’s Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in ...
Orban says Europe ‘drifting into’ Ukraine war
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that Europe was “indirectly at war with Russia” as several European countries pledge to send battle tanks to help Ukraine fight Moscow’...
Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan foreign minister says
Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders discuss peace at first meeting in months
Armenia and Azerbaijan held talks with the United States in Munich on Saturday, the first meeting between the leaders of the South Caucasus nations since October amid heightened tensions over ...
WFP boss criticises northwestern Syrian authorities for slowing quake aid
The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday pressured authorities in northwestern Syria to stop blocking access to the area as it seeks to help hundreds of thousands ...
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000, many still missing in flattened apartments
More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still ...
British embassy guard who spied for Russia jailed for ‘treachery’
A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in ...
Ukrainian troops appeal for help as global security meeting starts
Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in ...
Portugal ends Golden Visas, curtails Airbnb rentals to address housing crisis
Portugal announced on Thursday a hefty package of measures to tackle a housing crisis, including the end of its controversial “Golden Visa” scheme and a ban on new licenses for ...
Teenager pulled from rubble in Turkey; anger smoulders
A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, ...
Ukraine pounded by missiles (Update)
Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would ...
Greek government and British Museum looking to strike deal over Parthenon marbles
The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne said ...
Lufthansa IT failure strands thousands of passengers worldwide
A group-wide IT system failure at Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) stranded thousands of passengers on Wednesday, which the German airline blamed on underground engineering works at a railway station in Frankfurt ...
Scotland’s Sturgeon quits, says she is too divisive to win independence
Nicola Sturgeon resigned as Scottish first minister on Wednesday, saying her dominance over her party and the country was no longer the asset it once was in the fight for ...
Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war
Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West – but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to ...
NATO allies weigh more arms for Ukraine (wrapup)
Russian forces bombarded front-line Ukrainian troops and towns in the eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday in what appeared to be early salvoes of a new offensive, as Western allies met ...
Valentine’s Day frowned upon by many in Gaza Strip
Valentine’s Day is considered un-Islamic by many of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and business was slower than usual on Tuesday at those shops selling red ...
Six pulled from rubble as survivors leave Turkey quake zone
Six survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, eight days after a devastating earthquake, as the focus shifts to helping those who survived find shelter, food or ...
Georgia judge to release parts of report on Trump’s efforts to overturn election
Portions of a Georgia special grand jury’s report on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election should be publicly released, but any recommendations on criminal charges ...
Israeli parliament in uproar over Netanyahu justice plans as thousands protest
Israeli lawmakers traded insults on Monday over government plans to overhaul the judiciary while tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside parliament, as the president warned the country was on ...
Earthquake fans anti-Syrian sentiment in Turkey amid desperate conditions
The devastating earthquake to hit Turkey and Syria has fanned resentment among some Turks towards the millions of Syrian refugees in the country who are being blamed anecdotally by some ...