Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact will not include Turkey: sources

Turkey will not join a mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a source close to the Saudi military told AFP yesterday, after a Turkish official said earlier this month that they had entered talks aimed at entering the alliance.
1 February 2026

France tightens infant formula rules after toxin scare

France plans to impose stricter limits on the acceptable level of a toxin called cereulide in infant formula after potentially contaminated products were recalled over 60 countries.
1 February 2026

Israeli strikes leave 32 dead across Gaza

Israeli air strikes killed 32 people, including children, in Gaza yesterday, according to the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency, as the military said it had attacked in response to a Hamas ceasefire violation.
1 February 2026

Myanmar junta jails critics to legitimise ‘managed election’: UN body

Mass detentions, crimes against humanity mark fifth anniversary of coup
31 January 2026

Iran president says Trump, Netanyahu, Europe stirred tensions in protests

The US, Israeli and European leaders tried to "provoke, create division, and supplied resources, drawing some innocent people into this movement," Pezeshkian said in a live state TV broadcast.
31 January 2026

Israel military admits it killed 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza: Haaretz

The Gaza health ministry publishes names and ages of those it records as killed.
31 January 2026

Britain's Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Trump warning

Beijing says it is "willing to strengthen cooperation with all countries"
31 January 2026

US says all American prisoners released from Venezuela jails

Venezuela routinely arrested foreigners on spying, attack plotting charges
31 January 2026

Trump expects Iran to seek deal to avoid US strikes

"Large armada" heading toward Iran, Trump says
31 January 2026

Venezuela opens up oil sector: what now?

State can reduce royalties for larger projects, cut taxes at discretion
31 January 2026

Epstein offered ex-prince Andrew meeting with Russian woman: files

The discussion about the woman appears in some of the millions of new pages released Friday by the US Justice Department, as well as an apparent exchange weeks later about an invitation to Buckingham Palace
31 January 2026

US government shuts down but quick resolution expected

The US government entered a partial shutdown Saturday as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget
31 January 2026

Venezuela plans amnesty law for prisoners, vows to convert major prison center

The proposed law could affect hundreds of detainees who remain behind bars in the South American country, as well as former prisoners who have already been conditionally released.
31 January 2026

Bomb cyclone tracker: Which US cities will get the most snow?

Forecasters expect the storm to push down from the Appalachians and across the Carolinas, southern Virginia, and parts of Georgia on Saturday night
31 January 2026

US approves approves major arms deals to Israel, Saudi

The State Department said it green-lighted a $3.8-billion sale of 30 Apache attack helicopters to Israel, which has agreed to a fragile ceasefire in Gaza
31 January 2026

US Justice Dept releases documents, images, videos from Epstein files

White House played no role in the review of the extensive files related to the convicted sex offender, a former friend of Trump, deputy attorney general says
31 January 2026

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE
31 January 2026

Coverage of protests: Trump attorney general orders arrest of ex-CNN anchor

The Trump administration said yesterday that it had ordered the arrest of a prominent journalist over coverage of immigration protests in Minneapolis, as the president branded a nurse shot dead by federal agents in the city an “agitator.”
31 January 2026

World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions

The world must scale up efforts to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza, building on the momentum from the ceasefire’s first phase, the head of the Red Cross said yesterday.
31 January 2026

Trump threatens tariffs on nations selling oil to Cuba

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, further increasing pressure on the communist-led island.
31 January 2026