Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 190 prisoners of war in a new deal between the two countries. The Russian defence ministry said in a statement that it had exchanged 95…
UN envoy to Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura presented a proposal to the UN Security Council during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night to ‘divide’ the disputed territory between Morocco…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 16th BRICS Summit to be held in the Russian city of Kazan from 22 to 24 October, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on…
Security forces in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq began special voting on Friday for the region’s parliamentary elections to be held on 20 October. A total of 215,960 security…
European Union member states have backed a new legislative initiative aimed at “speeding up” the deportation of illegal migrants. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new legislative…
Seven people were killed and six others injured when a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device in a cafe outside a police training school in the capital Mogadishu, Somali police…
In a statement, Hezbollah confirmed the destruction of 20 Merkava tanks, four military bulldozers, an armoured vehicle and a troop carrier, in addition to the downing of two Hormuz 450…
A Bangladeshi court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was ousted following weeks of protests. Bangladesh…
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…