The Russian defence ministry announced on Thursday that it had taken control of the town of Maximilianivka in Donetsk. The defence ministry said: ‘As a result of the active actions…
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkish province of Sivas on Thursday at a depth of 10 km. The earthquake struck at 11.29am local time (GMT+3) with the epicentre…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo at the head of a diplomatic delegation, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian official in…
Nearly 3 million people have fled Sudan after 18 months of war, crossing borders to seek safety in neighbouring countries and beyond, mainly in the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt,…
Dutch Trade and Development Minister Renate Klever announced late on Wednesday that her conservative government was considering a plan to deport African asylum seekers to Uganda. Klever raised the issue…
China on Thursday reiterated its support for a ‘political solution’ to tensions on the Korean peninsula after Pyongyang announced that its constitution now recognises South Korea as an ‘enemy state’.…
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region late on Wednesday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The quake struck at a depth…
Ninety-four people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa on Wednesday, officials said. Lawan Adamu, the state police spokesman, told Anadolu Agency that…
The Greek coast guard has rescued 27 migrants and recovered the bodies of four after their boat sank near the island of Kos in the Aegean Sea, a spokesman said.…
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck the southern Turkish province of Malatya on Wednesday. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Avad) said on its website that…