Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised French President Emmanuel Macron over his call to halt arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza. Macron told France Inter radio that "the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons

Nearly three months after an assassin’s bullet came close to taking his life, former President Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania - a place of "tragedy and heartache" - to promise his supporters victory in the 5 November presidential election. One person - a

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu is expected to seek a bailout during his visit to India this week as the archipelago nation stares at an economic crisis with fears of debt default. It’s Muizzu's first official bilateral visit after he was voted to power late last year

Israel’s military unleashed a new wave of attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, causing “massive explosions”, with “flames reaching up to the sky and the sound reverberating” around the Lebanese capital, according to our correspondent. Israeli forces

Pakistan's capital has been locked down, swarmed by security forces with mobile internet cut as supporters of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan attempted to seize the streets in protest. On Saturday, small and scattered convoys pressed in on Islamabad in defiance of the

Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut continued overnight as Lebanon’s Health Ministry says more than 2,000 people have been killed so far in Israel’s attacks across the country, including 127 children and 261 women. Hamas says its commander in Tulkarem is among

Elon Musk has said he is going to join Donald Trump for an election rally at the site of a July assassination attempt on the former president’s life. Musk, 53, announced on Friday that he will appear at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, the following day. Trump, who served as

The US military says it has launched strikes on the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen, hitting 15 targets. The Pentagon said it used aircrafts and warships to launch the attacks in order "to protect freedom of navigation". Several explosions were reported in some of

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to travel to Pakistan to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16. India confirmed on August 30 that it had received an invitation from Pakistan for the upcoming SCO Council of Heads of

Over 100 people are feared dead after a boat carrying mostly women and children capsized in Nigeria, rescue workers said as they pulled more bodies from the River Niger on Thursday. Around 300 passengers were on their way to celebrate the Muslim festival Mawlid in north-central Niger

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight, including in a school sheltering displaced families, medics said, as Israeli tanks advanced in areas of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave. Meanwhile, in a joint press conference with Iranian

An unexploded US bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials say. Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft

A 55-year-old doctor was shot dead at a private nursing home in Delhi's Jaitpur last night, less than two months after the rape-murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. According to the staff at Nima Hospital, two teenagers reached the

The Mexican military has revealed that soldiers opened fire this week on a truck carrying dozens of migrants, killing six people. Mexico’s Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on Wednesday that the incident took place near the town of Huixtla in the southern state of

At least six people have been killed and eight wounded in Israeli air strikes targeting central Beirut overnight. A further 46 people were killed and 85 injured in Israeli attacks across Lebanon in the previous 24 hours, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Hezbollah fighters and

The Israeli military said a ‘large number’ of missiles have been intercepted. Iran has said it fired dozens of ballistic missiles at important military and security targets in Israel in response to the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan

At least 45 people have died and dozens are missing after two vessels carrying refugees and migrants from Africa sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration agency said. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that the boats left Yemen with 310

Israeli officials have promised to respond after Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at key military and security targets in Israel. Iran says the firings were in response to deadly attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, as well as the recent killings of Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic

Russia urged Israel to "immediately" pull its troops out of southern Lebanon on Tuesday, after the Israeli military began what it said were "ground raids" against Hezbollah militants in the area. Israel announced the assault after launching a week of intense air

Mark Rutte announced in July 2023 that he was resigning as prime minister of the Netherlands and "retiring from politics" after his government coalition collapsed over differences in migration policy.  By October of that year, however, Rutte had seemingly forgotten all