Kosovo votes in bid to break deadlock

Kosovo voters headed to the polls yesterday for snap parliamentary elections, hoping to end ten months of political deadlock and crisis.
28 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Guinea junta strongman headed for victory

Guinea held a presidential election yesterday with victory all but assured for Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power in the west African country four years ago.
28 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles: researchers

Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europe, two US researchers have found by studying satellite imagery.
28 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

No reports of violence by the time voting ended
28 December 2025, 13:26 PM

Thailand and Cambodia declare truce after weeks of clashes

At least 47 people were killed and more than a million displaced in three weeks of fighting with artillery, tanks, drones and jets, according to official tallies.
28 December 2025, 03:35 AM

Russia claims capture of two more eastern Ukraine towns

Russia claimed on Saturday to have captured two more towns in eastern Ukraine, Myrnograd and Guliaipole, a day ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with US President Donald Trump
27 December 2025, 18:45 PM

7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan: weather agency

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern coast on Saturday, the island's weather agency said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage
27 December 2025, 15:43 PM
27 December 2025, 05:05 AM

What we know about the US air strikes in Nigeria

Now, questions remain concerning the strategy and details of the operation
27 December 2025, 02:38 AM

Zelenskiy to discuss land, security guarantees with Trump on Sunday

Announcing the meeting, Zelenskiy said 'a lot can be decided before the New Year'
27 December 2025, 02:35 AM

Blast at mosque in Syria’s Homs kills 5; 21 hurt

Five people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs yesterday, Syrian state news agency SANA said.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US launches strikes against IS in Nigeria

The United States carried out strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government, President Donald Trump and the US military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Two killed after armed attack on church in Niger

A couple were killed in southwest Niger this week after armed individuals fired into the air inside a church, locals told AFP yesterday.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Fresh clashes erupt in DR Congo’s Uvira

Fresh clashes erupted yesterday near Uvira in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east between the M23 group and pro-government militia, local and security sources said.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM

US says it struck Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria

Trump has warned of threat to Christians in West African country
26 December 2025, 02:24 AM

Five killed in Nigeria mosque blast

Nigeria police said yesterday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the blast that killed several worshippers in a mosque on Christmas eve in the country’s northeastern Borno state.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Coastguard rescues 52 off Greece

Greek coastguard were searching yesterday for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea, local media reported.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Pope condemns ‘open wounds’ of war

Pope Leo XIV condemned the “senselessness” of war and the “open wounds” it leaves behind, as he delivered his first Christmas message yesterday after a year marked by conflict but also hopes for peace in Gaza and Ukraine.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM

China accuses US of hindering China-India ties

China yesterday accused the US of distorting its defence policy in an effort to thwart an improvement in China-India ties.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Indian forces kill Maoist rebel leader

Indian security forces killed a senior Maoist rebel commander and three other fighters including two women in a raid yesterday, police said, as authorities push a major offensive against the guerrillas.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM