Wild weather has plunged over 300,000 homes and businesses into darkness across Australia’s east coast, officials reported on Sunday.  The severe conditions have also claimed one life, with a driver confirmed dead, and left a dozen military personnel injured. 

A Syrian war monitor said Saturday that security forces and allied groups killed 745 Alawite civilians over the past three days, revising upwards a previous toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the latest deaths among Alawite civilians pushed the overall toll in violence

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention center on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader’s arrest warrant on insurrection charges. Yoon, 64, remains suspended from his duties, and his criminal and

A South Korean court on Friday ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, more than a month after he was arrested and indicted over his short-lived imposition of martial law. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation

More than 70 people were killed and many others wounded in Syria during clashes between government forces and militants loyal to former leader Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor reported Friday. “For more than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes

The US has cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv, said CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday, in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. The decision to cut off intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine starkly

US President Donald Trump has warned of escalating trade tensions with Canada following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement of retaliatory tariffs on American goods. Trump's 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, which came into effect on Tuesday, led Trudeau

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness to work under Donald Trump’s leadership to achieve a lasting peace, days after a tense meeting in the Oval Office. In a social media statement, Zelensky acknowledged that the White House discussions "did

Arab leaders have endorsed a $53 billion reconstruction initiative for Gaza, positioning it as an alternative to former US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to relocate Palestinians and take control of the territory. Following an emergency summit in Cairo, Arab

Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan’s worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents. White smoke billowed from a forested area around the northern city of Ofunato, aerial TV footage showed, five days after

Pope Francis remains alert following two episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday, the Vatican confirmed. Doctors intervened to clear mucus from his lungs, ensuring he remained conscious throughout the treatment. The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed using an oxygen mask and

An 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed when a car sped into a pedestrian zone in Mannheim, western Germany. The incident left five others seriously injured, while another five sustained minor injuries, authorities confirmed. Police arrested a 40-year-old German suspect,

The United States has paused military aid to Ukraine, a White House official confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. "We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution," the official stated, without providing further details.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled a four-point plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and strengthening the country’s defense against Russia. Addressing a summit of 18 leaders—primarily from Europe—alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Starmer

At least 37 people have died and another 30 were injured when two buses collided on a rural roadway early Saturday in southwest Bolivia, police said. The accident took place at 7:00 a.m. local time a few kilometers from Uyuni, the gateway to the Salar de Uyuni, a major tourist

Russia said Saturday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the United States had been a complete “failure,” after US President Donald Trump berated him in a stunning televised confrontation. “The visit of the head of the neo-Nazi regime, V.

Pope Francis, who has been fighting pneumonia for the past two weeks, experienced an "isolated" breathing crisis on Friday, according to the Vatican.  This incident, triggered by a coughing fit, led to vomiting and a sudden worsening of his respiratory condition. The

Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed during a tense meeting at the White House, where Trump told Zelensky to strike a deal with Russia or face the US withdrawal from the conflict.  The confrontation, which interrupted a planned discussion on a minerals

The BBC apologised on Thursday for “serious flaws” in the making of a Gaza documentary after it emerged that the child narrator was the son of Hamas’s former deputy minister of agriculture. The BBC removed its documentary, “Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone”,

Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future. The announcement came