Russia on Saturday said it hit Ukrainian industrial and energy facilities overnight with hypersonic missiles, in what it called a retaliation attack for Ukrainian strikes on “civilian targets” in Russia. Moscow’s defence ministry...
Thailand said Saturday it was continuing military operations against Cambodia despite US President Donald Trump saying the neighbours had agreed to stop fighting after calls with him. “Thailand will continue to perform military actions until...
A Turkish-owned ferry has been damaged in a Russian air strike on a port in Ukraine’s Black Sea region of Odesa, Kyiv and the operator said in statements Friday. “Russia launched a missile strike on civilian port infrastructure in the...
Iranian security forces on Friday “violently” arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi along with at least eight other activists at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said...
Thailand’s prime minister said he told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Friday that Cambodia was to blame for deadly border clashes, stopping short of declaring Bangkok was willing to halt fire. Fighting between the Southeast Asian...
Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February’s general election, charges dismissed by Russia as “absurd” and “baseless”. A German...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned as “unacceptable” the “extrajudicial operations” carried out by the United States on alleged drug-trafficking boats off Venezuela, in an interview published Friday. Speaking to...
Israel will ban children from using mobile phones in primary schools from February, the education ministry’s website said Friday, emphasising the devices’ “negative effects” on students. In implementing the ban, Israel will join a growing number of...
The United States has cancelled a deportation flight scheduled for Friday to return Venezuelan migrants to their native country, Caracas said, as fears mount of open conflict between the two countries. Venezuela received “the decision by the...
Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged spy agencies around the world not to use confidential information as a weapon, including against the Catholic Church. The pontiff did not name any specific countries, but it is not uncommon for states to base anti...
Ukraine could join the European Union as early as January 2027 under the latest US plan to end the war with Russia, a senior source familiar with the matter told AFP on Friday. The complicated EU accession process usually takes years and requires a...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a “limited ceasefire” concerning attacks on ports and energy facilities in the Russia-Ukraine war, in face-to-face talks Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Speaking on...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to root out “evil” and scolded lazy officials while praising his troops fighting with Russia against Ukraine, state media said Friday, capping a major meeting of Pyongyang’s top brass. The...
A ski resort in Japan said Friday it had received reports of bear sightings while a snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste. A record 13 people have been killed by bears across the country since April, with incidents...
Online discussion site Reddit launched a legal challenge Friday to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, just days after the landmark law came into effect. This week, the country became the first to ban young teen accounts from a raft of...
