Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised Monday that Venezuelans who had left their country would be welcomed back with open arms under a new amnesty law passed last week, following the US ouster of Nicolas Maduro.

Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan received eye treatment yesterday, according to a hospital statement, although a spokesman for the ex-cricket star complained he was not allowed to see his personal doctor.

Thailand’s army said it exchanged fire with Cambodian forces along their border yesterday, accusing its neighbour of violating a December truce.

Ukraine will not betray the sacrifices made by its people in four years of war just to make peace with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed yesterday, as divisions among his key allies overshadowed commemorations of the start of the conflict.

Global consequences of a continental war

The tragedy took place in the city of Khomeynishahr in Isfahan province

An estimated seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to the political and economic crisis and many opposition figures live in exile.

A winter storm dumped shin-deep snow and officials in New York enforced a citywide travel ban

As the conflict reaches its four-year mark, AFP looks at the state of the conflict and some of the consequences for both countries

UK PM has faced criticism for appointing Mandelson

His legal team said Tuesday they would challenge the verdict

Unauthorised drones disrupted more than 50 flights at Vietnam’s Danang international airport during the busy Lunar New Year holiday, state media said yesterday.

Iran yesterday said that a US attack of any scale would spur the Islamic republic to respond “ferociously”, after President Donald Trump said he was considering limited strikes against the country.

President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that developing Russia’s nuclear forces was now an “absolute priority” following the expiry of its last remaining nuclear treaty with the US.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez yesterday accused the United States of trying to trigger a “humanitarian catastrophe” in his country with an oil blockade he called an “aggressive escalation”.

Seven irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead on a beach east of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, a Libyan Red Crescent worker told AFP on Sunday.

Washington yesterday accused China of dramatically swelling its nuclear arsenal, and doubled down on claims that Beijing has conducted secret nuclear tests, demanding again it be part of any future arms control treaty.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held summit talks in Seoul yesterday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, where they agreed to expand cooperation in sectors including trade, key minerals, technology and culture.

Malaysia introduced new legislation yesterday to restrict the prime minister’s tenure to a maximum of two terms, a move aimed at boosting accountability and curbing the overreach of executive powers.

Clashes between security forces and militants in Indian-administered Kashmir killed three suspected rebel fighters on Sunday, the Indian army said, the second such incident in the disputed territory this month.