Chris Hipkins has been sworn in as New Zealand's 41st prime minister. The 44-year-old was formally appointed to the role in Wellington, a week after Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation. Ms Ardern, 42, had said she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead the

The high representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book by a Swedish-Danish far-right politician as a “vile act”. Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Sweden that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Quran outside Ankara’s embassy in Stockholm during a protest. “Those who allow such blasphemy in front of our embassy [in Stockholm] can

A Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli soldiers last week posed no threat or danger and should not have lost his life, the Israeli army admitted on Monday. Ahmed Kahla, 46, from Ramon, near Silwad in the occupied West Bank, was shot in the neck from close range at a military checkpoint

Seven people have been reported killed and one person critically injured in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community in northern California, and a suspect is in custody. The new bloodshed in the United States came less than 48 hours after a

Three female journalists have been arrested by Iranian authorities in the last two days, stated the local media on Monday, amid continued protests against the government after the death of Mahsa Amini in judicial custody.  Violent protests have gripped Iran since the 22-year-old

Moscow’s forces are pushing towards two towns in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhia region, where fighting intensified this week after several months of a stagnant front, Russian state media has reported. Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-installed official in the region, said offensive

California police have identified the gunman suspected of killing 10 people in a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles as Huu Can Tran, 72, who was later found dead in a white van. He had a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was declared dead at the scene, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna

Police were attending a shooting in Monterey Park, California with multiple casualties on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a law enforcement source. The shooting took place after 10 p.m. (0600 GMT) around the location of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration held

Four people were killed with three others feared dead after a fire broke out early Sunday at an apartment in Kobe, western Japan, authorities said. Firefighters received a call around 1:35 a.m. from a neighbor of the three-story housing complex in Hyogo Ward of the city saying that

Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s new government to overhaul the country’s judicial system and weaken the Supreme Court. Israeli media, citing police, said more than 100,000 people joined

Turkey on Saturday canceled a planned visit by Sweden’s defense minister in response to anti-Turkish protests that increased tension between the two countries as Sweden seeks Turkey’s approval to join NATO. Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest

The FBI found more classified documents at the Wilmington, Delaware, home of President Joe Biden during a consensual search Friday that lasted nearly 13 hours, his personal lawyer and a prosecutor said Saturday evening. The discovery was the fourth time since November that classified

One of Haiti’s gangs stormed a key part of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, and battled with police throughout the day, leaving at least three officers dead. The violence Friday was the latest episode of lawlessness that has torn through the Caribbean nation. A police patrol was

Turkey has cancelled a visit by Sweden’s defence minister over a planned demonstration by a right-wing hardline group in Stockholm. A day after summoning the Swedish ambassador over the issue, Turkey said on Saturday it was cancelling the visit aimed at overcoming Turkey’s

The two top-ranking female officials from the United Nations made some progress in engaging with the Taliban to have them reverse their crackdown on women's rights, a UN spokesman said. What do we know about the trip? The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the

A rescue operation to find people trapped in an avalanche on a Tibetan highway has now ended, with Chinese state media reporting the death toll to be at least 28. People were left trapped in their vehicles as falling snow engulfed the exit of a tunnel in the south-eastern city of

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. No 10 said Mr Sunak "fully accepts this was a

New Zealand Labour MP Chris Hipkins is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after becoming the only nominee for the party's leadership. He was first elected to parliament in 2008 and was appointed minister for Covid-19 in November 2020. In Ms Ardern's shock

A US judge has ordered Donald Trump and one of his lawyers to jointly pay nearly $1m (£809,190) in fines for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others. The lawsuit accused Mrs Clinton and others of trying to rig the 2016 US presidential election by