The Israeli military siege on the northern Gaza Strip has left about 5,000 Palestinians dead or missing after 100 days of brutal attacks that have only intensified amid talks of a potential mediated agreement between Israel and Hamas. Another 9,500 Palestinians were injured as a result

Croatia’s populist President Zoran Milanovic was re-elected in a landslide, defeating his conservative rival in Sunday’s run-off, official results showed. Milanovic took more than 74 percent of the vote and Dragan Primorac, backed by the center-right HDZ party that governs

Weather forecasters in California are warning fierce winds which fuelled the infernos around Los Angeles are expected to pick up again this week, as fire crews on the ground race to make progress controlling three wildfires. Officials warned that after a weekend of relatively calm

Los Angeles is grappling with multiple wildfires that have resulted in significant loss of life and property.  The most severe blazes, the Palisades and Eaton fires, have collectively claimed at least 16 lives and left 13 individuals missing.  The Palisades Fire has

Sir Keir Starmer met a senior member of Bangladesh’s ousted ruling party last month, despite the Awami League facing accusations of embezzlement and of allowing its security forces to kill protesters. The UK prime minister met Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, the ousted mayor of the city

Israel’s military said it attacked sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi fighters, including a power station near the capital Sanaa, and the ports of Hodeidah and Ras Isa. Several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s south with Israel’s military

The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow's energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The measures target more than 200 entities and individuals ranging from traders and officials to insurance

A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an "unconditional discharge," bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president. The sentence in the hush-money payment case means the incoming president has been spared any penalty, including jail

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California’s National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. News of the growing toll, announced late

Senior allies of Sir Keir Starmer are considering candidates to replace Tulip Siddiq if she is forced to quit over links to her aunt’s ousted Bangladeshi regime, The Times has been told. Officials are said to have identified candidates to succeed the Treasury minister over the

The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the US embassy in Copenhagen said on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island. Trump, who takes office on Jan 20, said this week

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state, a rescue worker and ethnic minority armed group told AFP on Thursday (Jan 9). The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with the military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by airstrikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor said. The latest reported fighting comes despite the United States saying Wednesday that it was working to address

More than 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been damaged or destroyed and at least five people are dead in wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit the region in memory. The five bodies were

Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead, the government said. AFP reporters heard gunfire erupt near the site and saw tanks on the street, while

Iranian authorities reportedly executed more than 900 people last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United Nations rights chief said on Tuesday. “It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death

Los Angeles declares a state of emergency as a wildfire explodes from 10 acres to more than 2,900 acres in mere hours Fire chief Kristin Crowley says more than 30,000 people are under evacuation orders, and 13,000 buildings under threat Footage shows houses on fire in the Pacific

Rescuers searched into the night for survivors after a major earthquake killed at least 126 people and damaged more than 3,000 buildings in a remote part of the Chinese region of Tibet, near Everest. Another 188 people were injured after the earthquake hit the foothills of the

The Taliban-led Afghan embassy in Islamabad reported on Monday that Pakistani authorities have detained 800 Afghan migrants, including individuals with valid residency documents. In a statement on X, the embassy claimed that the detained migrants included those holding visas, Proof of

At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media say. The earthquake that hit Tibet's holy Shigatse city around 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) had a magnitude of 7.1