Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has said national elections will take place in the first half of April next year. In a televised address to the nation on Friday evening, the Nobel Peace …
State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with …
Less spending, higher prices and fewer animal sacrifices subdued the usual festive mood as the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha was celebrated in many parts of the world. In Indonesia’s capital, …
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received a key license in India for launching its satellite internet services in the country. The company would still need a separate clearance from India’s space …
Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine years in a notorious displacement camp in the Syrian desert. Last month, …
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong …
U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term. Yet there is significant uncertainty …
The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced the closure of its offices in Niger and the departure of its foreign staff, four months after the ruling junta ordered the organization to …
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington remains committed to the NATO alliance. Merz spoke in Berlin on Friday, a day …
A Maltese jury has found two men guilty of complicity in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Jamie Vella and Robert Agius were accused of having supplied the bomb that killed …
Iranians again face a U.S. travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump, with the decision drawing anger, frustration and some shrugs given the decades of tensions between the countries. Trump …
The Lebanese army has condemned Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Friday has killed multiple people and injured many others, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. It was part of a wider overnight …
Albania and Serbia meet Saturday in Tirana in a 2026 World Cup qualifier that isn’t just about three points. Echoes of past confrontations are impossible to ignore. It is one of the most …
There is an unmistakable air of Peckham these days in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo, as the legendary yellow three-wheeler from BBC’s long-running sitcom "Only Fools and Horses" cruises the city …
A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not accountable for the 2011 meltdown crisis and do not need to pay …
Kyiv mayor says 4 people have died in the capital after a Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine.
North Korea says it righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as it continues to repair a new warship leader Kim Jong Un has described as a significant …
A panel of independent experts who make up the United Nations Human Rights Committee says they have found that Guatemala violated the rights of a 14-year-old girl who was raped and forced to continue …
Guatemala are evacuating some residents from the slopes the Volcano of Fire after a new eruption spewed gas and ash high into the sky. Juan Laureano, spokesperson for the National Disaster Reduction …