Tens of millions of Pakistanis are heading to the polls to vote in a new government amid soaring inflation, rising violence and claims of rigging. The election comes almost two years since the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a

At least 24 people were killed on Wednesday by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of a national vote marred by violence and allegations of poll rigging. More than half a million security officers were deployed ahead

At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, an official said Wednesday. The landslide struck Tuesday night in a mining village in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, trapping

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to reject a standalone Israel aid bill denounced by critics as a “cynical” bid to thwart a cross-party border security and foreign assistance package that would include cash for war-torn Ukraine. Republicans in the House of Representatives

Turkish police on Tuesday shot dead two assailants from a leftist organization, branded "terrorists" by authorities, who attacked a security checkpoint outside Istanbul's main court, killing one person and injuring five, officials said. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya

Donald Trump has been handed a defeat in court - but one that comes with a generous helping of victory. An appeals court ruled that Mr Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The time it took to issue that decision, however, has

Hamas says it has given its response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza. The details of the deal - set out by Israel, the US, Qatar and Egypt - have not been released. It was earlier reported to include a six-week truce, when more Israeli hostages would be exchanged

The streets were strewn with charred cars, debris and ash after flames tore through crowded hilltop neighborhoods in the coastal region of Valparaiso, in the world's third-deadliest wildfire this century. "I still have a lump in my throat and, not so much for the material

While war rages in the Middle East, other conflicts are competing for attention at the United Nations. However, this morning the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Myanmar where in the three years since the military coup 44,000 people have been killed and 2.6 million

The US military said early on Tuesday it had conducted a strike against “explosive uncrewed surface vehicles” belonging to the Houthis in Yemen on Monday afternoon. The statement by CENTCOM said the vehicles “presented an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and

At least 112 people have been killed by forest fires in Chile's Valparaíso region, local authorities have said. Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency and said he would make "all necessary resources" available to tackle the situation. It is believed to be

Nearly 18,000 illegal residents have been arrested in a week during inspection raids carried out in all regions of the Kingdom. The arrested 17,896 illegal residents, included 10,874 violators of the Residency Law, 4,123 violators of the Border Security Law, and 2,899 violators of the

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention center breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said Sunday.  On Thursday, a total of 115 Rohingya migrants and 16 others -- all of them men --

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Mr Geingob had died in the early hours of Sunday morning. "At his side was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos

Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities said on Saturday, as emergency services battled to snuff out flames threatening urban areas. Black smoke billowed into the sky over many parts of the

Iran has called US air strikes on Iraq and Syria a "strategic mistake" after 85 targets were hit across the region on Friday. The US has launched retaliatory strikes in response to last week's drone attack on a US military base that killed three American soldiers. The

The US and UK have launched joint strikes on 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen. It comes after the US launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a US military base. The White House had blamed an Iran-backed militia

The United Nations’ top court said on Friday that a case brought by Ukraine against Russia over the brutal 2022 invasion could go ahead after ruling it had jurisdiction over most of the points made by Kyiv. Ukraine dragged Russia before the International Court of Justice, also

Japan plans to enable foreign talent and remote workers, known as "digital nomads," to stay longer in the country under a new visa system in order to boost economic growth and consumption, the government said Friday. Under the envisioned system, foreign digital nomads, who

The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend. The massive barrage