Senior Conservatives hoping to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister have begun canvassing support among Tory MPs. Ms Truss dramatically resigned on Thursday just six weeks into the job, making her premiership the shortest in British history. The process has now begun to find a new

Russian and Ukrainian troops appeared Thursday to be girding for a major battle over the strategic southern industrial port city of Kherson, in a region which Russian President Vladimir Putin has illegally annexed and subjected to martial law. Fighting and evacuations were reported in

Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister after just 45 days in office. The announcement, made by Truss outside Downing Street, follows the near-complete evaporation of her political authority which has seen her crash the markets, lose two key ministers and shed the confidence of almost

Malaysia will hold its next general election on Nov 19, the Election Commission announced on Thursday. The commission said that candidate nominations will take place on Nov 5, providing for a 14-day campaigning period. Caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is fighting to hold on to her job after her interior minister resigned and Conservative legislators openly quarrelled in parliament over a vote on fracking for shale gas. The departure of Suella Braverman on Wednesday — over a

Hackers have threatened to leak the stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians in a cybersecurity incident described by the government on Thursday as a "huge wake-up call". Medibank, one of Australia's largest private health insurers, said Thursday that the hackers

Ukraine's national energy company has urged citizens to "charge everything" by 07:00 (04:00 GMT) Thursday because of expected power cuts caused by Russian missile strikes. Energy plants were hit by Russian missiles again on Wednesday - part of a wave of such strikes since

The European Parliament on Wednesday awarded its top human rights prize to the Ukrainian people amid Russia's ongoing invasion of their country.  "This award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground, for those who have been forced to flee, for those who have lost

Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as the new Congress president on Monday after he secured 7,897 out of the 9,385 votes polled. His rival, Shashi Tharoor, however sprung a surprise by securing 1,072 votes. Mr. Kharge (80) is the first non-Gandhi leader after 24 years to occupy the

North Korea on Wednesday fired an artillery barrage into waters off its coast for the second day in a row, targeting a maritime “buffer zone” set up in 2018 to reduce tensions with the South. Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up missile launches and military exercises in

Russia announced the evacuation of civilians from a key southern Ukrainian city Tuesday as it acknowledged the situation for its troops on the ground in Ukraine was "tense" in the face of a counter-offensive. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, scrambled to rebuild damaged energy

President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday he's putting the final 15 million barrels on the market from a record release of US strategic oil reserves, with more releases possible if energy prices spike, a senior US official said. The new tranche of oil from the Strategic Petroleum

The Congress will get its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years on Wednesday after more than 9,500 votes cast to choose between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are counted to cap the election contest, the sixth in its 137-year-old history. The counting of the

Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical. Prosecutors say two people were killed in an attack on the capital. Plumes of

A rare one-man protest against Xi Jinping in Beijing has inspired solidarity protests around the world as China's party congress sits this week. Last Thursday, a man strung banners across a bridge in China's capital that accused Mr Xi of being a dictator. He was quickly

Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying the status of the city should be resolved through peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said

The US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions. Kyiv was struck by so-called "kamikaze" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made. The US agrees with the French and British

At least 13 people, including three children, have been killed after a supersonic fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk, near the border with Ukraine, creating an inferno. Footage on social media showed a large fireball erupting from the

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed Monday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity. The by-election is the latest twist in months of political wrangling that

Voting for the Congress presidential elections is currently underway, news agency PTI reported. The polling process that began around 10 am will end at 4 pm.  The results are likely to be declared on October 19. The fate of the Congress party will be decided by over 9,000 Pradesh