Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers step up ceasefire efforts
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 26: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and pro-government fighters have clashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite pressure from...
White House plays down leak of Houthi attack chat group
Washington [US], March 26: The White House on Tuesday played down a growing scandal over a journalist gaining inadvertent access to a secret US administration...
Belarus opposition leader calls for Radio Free Europe to stay on air
Riga [Latvia], March 26: The Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for US foreign broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to keep broadcasting, despite...
SpaceX launch blamed for glowing spiral in UK
London [UK], March 26: A large glowing spiral which lit up the skies over the UK on Monday night is believed to have been...
New two-party liberal coalition in Estonia with narrow majority
Riga [Latvia], March 26: A government reshuffle in Estonia was completed on Tuesday with the swearing in of five new ministers under Prime Minister Kristen...
South Korean PM Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president
Seoul [South Korea], March 25: South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting...
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen, say officials
Gaza [Palestine], March 25: An Israeli air strike on a hospital in southern Gaza has killed at least two people, including a senior Hamas official...
Israel building agency to steer Palestinian 'voluntary departure'
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 25: Israel is set to establish a government agency that would oversee the "voluntary departure" of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Chad condemns Sudan's airport threat as 'declaration of war'
N'Djamena [Chad], March 25: Chad has condemned a senior Sudanese general's threat to target its airports, calling it a "declaration of war." Its foreign ministry...
US deportations to Venezuela resume after dispute
New York [US], March 25: A flight carrying 199 Venezuelans deported from the US to their homeland has landed at Simon Bolívar airport near Caracas.
Paris residents vote in favour of car-free zones across 500 streets
Paris [France], March 25: Paris residents on Sunday voted in favour of the creation of a car-free zone across huge swathes of the French capital.
Egypt makes new proposal to restore Gaza truce as Israeli strikes kill...
Cairo [Egypt], March 25: Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian...
Putin gave Trump a personal gift: Kremlin
Moscow [Russia], March 25: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave US President Donald Trump an "absolutely personal gift," presenting it to Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff...
150 victims of Germanwings crash in French Alps commemorated, 10 years on
Berlin [Germany], March 25: Relatives of the 150 people killed in a Germanwings airplane crash in the French Alps marked the 10th anniversary of the...
Three jailed over plot to smuggle drugs into Australia
Sydney [Australia], March 25: Three men were sentenced to a combined maximum of more than 15 years in prison for their roles in a failed...
Egypt makes new proposal for Gaza truce
Cairo [Egypt], March 25: Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian...
Pope Francis returns to Vatican
Rome [Italy], March 25: After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on...
Trump pushes US claims to Greenland
Washington DC [US], March 25: President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his suggestion that the U.S. should take over Greenland as leaders from...
South Korean wildfires spread
Seoul [South Korea], March 25: Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea on Monday as authorities designated three more counties 'special disaster zones'.
Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump
Washington DC [US], March 25: A U.S. appeals court judge said on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the...
Erdogan slams protests over jailed Istanbul mayor as 'movement of violence'
Ankara [Turkey], March 25: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had become a "movement of violence"...
Ukraine sees Russian effort to sow chaos as cyberattack hits rail service
Moscow [Russia], March 25: A powerful cyberattack knocked out the online ticketing system for Ukraine's state railway service, causing long queues at stations on Monday...
Turkish President Erdogan's main rival jailed
Ankara [Turkey], March 25: The main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with corruption.
US, Russia wrap up talks on proposed Black Sea ceasefire
Moscow [Russia], March 25: U.S. and Russian officials wrapped up day-long talks on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a ceasefire at sea between...
White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The...
Washington DC [US], March 25: Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S....
Wildfires force mandatory evacuation order in western North Carolina
Raleigh [North Carolina], March 24: Wildfires in North Carolina have forced an evacuation in one county as emergency crews work to bring the flames under...
4 killed, 6 injured, some 1,500 evacuated as wildfires ravage Korea's southeastern...
Seoul [South Korea], March 24: At least four people were killed, six people were injured and some 1,500 people were evacuated as wildfires fueled by...