Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been acquitted of leaking state secrets but will remain in jail because of a conviction in another case. In the run-up to elections in February, the 71-year-old - who was ousted as prime minister in 2022 - was hit with three prison

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will allow recruits from a handful of foreign countries, including the UK, to help grow its ranks. Australia has been struggling with recruitment shortfalls, as it seeks to beef up its armed forces in the face of what it says are growing regional

Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people abducted by Hamas on 7 October. It says the four were killed while together during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, adding that their bodies were still being held by the militants. The

India's marathon election enters its final phase on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world's largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. The 6-week-long

The top editor at The Washington Post, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the helm of one of the most storied publications in the United States. Buzbee will be replaced by Matt Murray, a former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, until the conclusion of the

China has accused UK's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 of recruiting Chinese state employees as spies. In a post on its official WeChat channel, China's Ministry of State Security said MI6 operatives turned a Chinese man identified only by his surname Wang and his wife surnamed

The US has "every expectation" Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza if Hamas takes the deal, a senior White House official has said. The three-part plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week would also

Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico's first woman president in an historic win, exit polls suggest. The 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City is projected to win 56% of the vote in Sunday's election, convincingly beating her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl

Palestinian medics said 22 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that hit tents for displaced people. Four people were killed in an Israeli air attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and six women and children were reported killed in an

An early morning shooting on a street in Ohio killed one person and injured 24 others, some critically, police said. Police said shots were reported early Sunday just after midnight in the city of Akron, where multiple victims struck by gunfire were reported. Local hospitals told

At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country. While there have been reports of multiple deaths from the intense heatwave -- with

Kuwait’s ruling emir on Saturday named the nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah will become next in line to the throne, the state-run KUNA news agency reported. Sheikh Sabah, 71, previously served as prime

North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday, in Pyongyang’s latest move to rile its rival neighbor. The balloons carrying garbage such as cigarette butts, cloth, paper waste and plastic were found across the capital from 8

One of Donald Trump's lawyers has told the BBC "nothing will change" his fight for the White House - despite being convicted following an historic trial in New York. Jurors found Mr Trump guilty on Thursday of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments

Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar

Chile will join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel, filed in the UN International court of Justice, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced. "We cannot stop expressing our outrage over the indiscriminate and completely disproportionate actions of the Israeli Army

India's Modi could win third term, polls predictIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, exit polls suggest. Analysts warn the polls, released by various news agencies, have often been wrong in the past and are not impartial.

Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said. “A boat with women and children on board sank on Saturday morning at 7am in the river in the Basawul area

New immigration rules have come into effect on Friday in Malaysia, geared towards meeting the country’s developmental and labour needs. As a result, recruitment agencies and businesses will have less leeway in hiring foreign workers. The new measures include a temporary freeze on

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate. If any Filipino died as a result of China’s wilful actions, he said, the Philippines would consider it as close