The Myanmar Army is reportedly using ordinary citizens as human shields in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, as the Arakan Army (AA) advances towards seizing control of the town,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that nearly 40% of the country’s trade turnover is now in rubles as the share conducted in dollars, euros and other “non-friendly”…

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has said that the situation there has been "calmer" since Russian missile launchers shelling it were hit by Ukrainian fire. Ihor Terekhov's…

Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire resolution adopted by the UN Security Council, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells the Reuters news agency. Conversations on plans for Gaza after…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that if a ceasefire plan backed by the US and UN does not progress, Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his call for Hamas to…

The wreck of a plane carrying Malawi's vice-president has been found with no survivors, President Lazarus Chakwera has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country…

An extreme heat warning was in place inBeijing on Tuesday as temperatures soared across northern China, after aswathe of the northern hemisphere baked under record highs. China is…

Four US college instructors teaching in China have been stabbed while visiting a busy public park, in a rare case of violent crime against foreigners in the powerful…

A plane carrying Malawi's vice-president may have crashed in a forest in the north of the country, a senior military official has said. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday claimed that they never said Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar was involved in smuggling. "We never said that MP Anar was involved in…

Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive mosquitos spread, the EU's health…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire proposal during their meeting in…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged top Israeli officials on Monday to accept and implement a plan for postwar Gaza as he pushed for more international pressure on Hamas to…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise voters "financial security" and tax cuts when he unveils his Conservative party manifesto on Tuesday, following a disastrous week that…