The UN stressed on October 14 the urgent need for ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for…
Two major rivers have flooded across central Nigeria displacing tens of thousands of people, the Red Cross told AFP. Rescue workers in Kogi State have…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on October 14 tell international business leaders that his government will "rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment" as…
The French authorities want to adopt a new immigration law next year, a spokeswoman said, as the new right-wing government seeks to crack down on…
Iceland's three-party coalition government, in power since November 2021, collapsed October 13 due to disagreements on policy issues, with new elections to be held in…
Spain's conservative party called October 13 for the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, saying it would file a legal complaint against his Socialist party…
The governing Frelimo party in Mozambique has won the vote in the capital city of Maputo, the elections commission said October 13, in a tense…
Seven people were shot dead in Ecuador while leaving a pool hall in the latest in a series of tit-for-tat gang attacks near the violence-plagued…
Forty nations that contribute to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said October 12 that they "strongly condemn recent attacks" on the peacekeepers. "Such actions…
At least eight people died after heavy rains in Brazil, authorities said October 12, as storms swept parts of the country following a severe drought…
Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris is in "excellent health" and fit for the presidency, according to a medical report published by the White House…
Lithuanians vote October 13 in elections likely to deliver a change of government but keep much else the same, including the NATO and EU member's…
Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported October 12, weeks after deadly sabotage attacks in Lebanon which were blamed on…
Nicaragua on October 11 announced plans to break off relations with Israel over the war in Gaza, calling the Israeli government "fascist and genocidal." Left-wing…
Iran and Iraq will both stage funerals for Revolutionary Guard General Abbas Nilforoushan, killed in an Israeli air strike alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the…
Hundreds of women protested in Turkey October 12 against a wave of murders of women, the latest rallies in response to a recent double slaying…
Inter-communal clashes in southeastern Kenya have killed at least 18 people in the past two weeks, police said October 12, as security was boosted in…
President Volodymyr Zelensky met UK premier Keir Starmer and Nato chief Mark Rutte in London October 10, as the Ukrainian leader embarked on a whistle-stop…
European countries are to discuss "innovative" ways to increase deportations of irregular migrants and rejected asylum seekers on October 10, including controversial plans to set…
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was visiting Eritrea on October 10 against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the volatile Horn of Africa region, particularly…
Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the US state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least…
Egypt has denied allegations from Sudanese paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, at war with the army since April last year, that its military has been…
Former US president Barack Obama will bring his star power to Kamala Harris's election campaign October 10 in a bid to get out the vote…
Saudi Arabia was thwarted October 9in its bid to join the UN's human rights council, which is charged with protecting freedoms globally, after coming sixth…
Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in Latin…
