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Zelenskyy rejects call from sacked minister for wartime elections.

Iran’s Minister of Economy Ali Madani-Zadeh has responded to the US announcement of a new economic pressure campaign.

Fighting persists in the mineral-rich region despite ceasefire agreements.

Armed men injured three additional peacekeepers as fears grow of the country relapsing into civil war.

A displaced Palestinian has built a traditional mud-brick house as an alternative to tents.

Island nation grapples with violence as it seeks to hold first elections in more than a decade.

Fabinho joined ​Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad in 2023, where he won the ​league after his five-year stint at Liverpool.

Karen Attiah was fired for posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination that the Post said violated its social media policy.

President Sheinbaum criticises Governor Rocha's return amid US drug charges, calling it 'reckless' and 'inappropriate'.

Saudi shipping company Bahri confirmed its vessel was struck, all crew members safe.

Israel has attacked a critical water desalination plant and a mosque in Gaza as it intensifies attacks on the enclave.

Israeli restrictions are disrupting fuel supplies across the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank aren’t just ‘clashes’, they fit the definition of pogroms.

Israel has threatened intensified attacks and forced displacement in Gaza over children’s kites

New proposal would charge $103,265 for the US's H-1B visas, and make permanent a temporary rule challenged by courts.

EU reviewing support of a ban on new drilling in the Arctic as war impacts energy security.

Mass kidnappings highlight Nigeria's security crisis in the north as elections approach.

The US says it is targeting all of Iran’s sources of revenue, including oil.

A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says US sanctions will intensify to choke off Iran's revenues and isolate the country.

Almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying, Democratic Republic of the Congo government figures show.

Owners could lose control of facilities if regulators find them too slow to repair damage.

The 49-year-old was found to have subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse.

More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

Nathan Cofnas, who accused Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has addressed Arday’s death.

The 31-year-old Durham bowler will not play against Pakistan in the upcoming second Test match.

Tehran may count on links with China and others to weather the storm, but average Iranian people will bear the brunt.

Trump said tariffs on Canadian auto and steel will double to 50 percent from January 1.

Humanoid robots are breaking world records in sports, and are increasingly being developed and tested for military use.

Russia says it has launched a military satellite into space on the back of a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from Arkhangelsk.