An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, the US military said. The Huthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of Palestinians in

Syrian state media reported Israeli attacks near the capital Damascus on Thursday. “Our air defense are intercepting hostile targets in the vicinity of Damascus,” official news agency SANA said. “An Israeli attack targeted the vicinity of the capital

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in Japan's Kuril Islands on 27 December, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) informed. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at around 2.45 pm IST at a depth of 10 km. The epicentre of the earthquake was

Hundreds of students stormed a temporary shelter for Rohingya in Indonesia’s western Aceh province on Wednesday demanding they be deported, in an escalation of the campaign against the refugees, a U.N. agency and local media reported. The protesters then evicted the 137 shaken-up

Former European Commission President Jacques Delors - described as the architect of the modern EU - has died aged 98, his daughter says. He helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services within the bloc. Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors

Russia has said the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East is a result of the longstanding failures of US foreign policy and called for the establishment of a Palestinian state. In his comments to TASS news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for de-escalation of the

Europe’s efforts to boost arms production and help Ukraine to fend off Russia’s invasion are facing an unexpected obstacle in a German local government. The city council in Troisdorf, which has a population close to 80,000, has for the time being blocked plans put forward

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry has said at least 241 people were killed in the past 24 hours, as Israel's military operation continues in the territory. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the war a "grave crime" against his people. Israel's army

Israel’s military said Tuesday an anti-tank missile fired by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group wounded nine soldiers as they rescued a civilian who was injured in another cross-border strike. One of the soldiers was in a “serious condition,” the army said, after the

The ministry said in a statement it had summoned French ambassador Anne Boillon to express a "strong protest for the actions of two employees of the French Embassy that were incompatible with their diplomatic status and which contradicted the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic

Japan has announced sanctions against three senior members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Tokyo will freeze assets belonging to the three individuals and impose sanctions on payments and capital transactions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa said on Tuesday. The

Iran has threatened Israel with a "tough countdown" following the killing of an Iranian top military adviser in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing Tel Aviv of being behind the Monday air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Iranian Foreign Minister

Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday. The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army Sunday evening of just 16 dead in a region plagued for several years

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been found weeks after he disappeared, his associates said on Monday. Mr Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian president Vladimir Putin, has been discovered at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it has begun official registration of foreign pilgrims for Hajj 2024.  “Muslim pilgrims from all over the world can now register along with their families for Hajj 1445/2024 through the Nusuk Hajj application under the Ministry of Hajj

A sprawling caravan of migrants from central and southern America has set off through Mexico heading north towards the United States border. Up to 8,000 people of all ages, mainly from Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico, are part of the procession following a banner which reads "Poverty

At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in an air attack on the Maghazi refugee camp, said Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra. He condemned the attacks as a “massacre” and added that the death toll is likely to climb. Israeli army admits it is

Christmas cheer has deserted the streets of Syria’s cities, where the main churches have limited celebrations to prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering war in Gaza. “In Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, people are suffering,” the Syriac Catholic

The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country's production of nickel, a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel, and Beijing's growing investment has stoked unrest over working conditions at its facilities. The accident occurred around

Israel says it has arrested 200 members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the past week and taken them into its territory for questioning. A statement said some of the suspects had been hiding among the civilian population and surrendered voluntarily. Israel says 700