December2024

In view of the suffering of millions of people who have been displaced by conflict, the UN humanitarian head has appealed for swift international action to solve Sudan’s worsening situation. During a nine-day trip to Sudan...

Following a lightning advance by rebels, Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, announced on Sunday that he will depart Tehran for Damascus to convey a message of support for Syria’s government and military, according to state media....

The EU’s new top diplomat Kaja Kallas and head of the European Council Antonio Costa arrived in Kyiv Sunday in a symbolic show of support for Ukraine on their first day in office. “We came to...

Israel’s former defence minister Moshe Yaalon on Saturday accused the Israeli army of “ethnic cleansing” in the Gaza Strip, sparking an outcry in the country. “The road we are being led down is conquest, annexation and...

Sri Lanka’s consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data showed Saturday. An unprecedented financial crash in 2022 brought months of...

Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. “A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo tomorrow for...

Donald Trump pledged to impose taxes on Canadian products when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Florida on Friday for a meal at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago home. The surprise meeting follows a week in which...

In Valencia, whose eastern district suffered the most from the tragedy’s 230 fatalities, around 100,000 people marched on Saturday to express disapproval of the way the authorities handled Spain’s floods. The demonstration came one month after...

Russian police, acting under laws that criminalise “LGBT propaganda,” raided a number of bars and nightclubs in Moscow early on Saturday, according to official television. According to accounts, cops searched club patrons’ documents during the raids...

A video of a man claiming to be an Israeli hostage being held in Gaza was made public by Hamas’ military wing. In the meantime, the IDF says that a humanitarian worker from World Central Kitchen...