Germany unveiled the country’s first national space security strategy yesterday, with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius vowing to expand military and civilian capabilities in orbit.

Humanitarian workers in Sudan’s Darfur are being forced to “choose who to save” due to insufficient resources, aid group Handicap International’s logistics chief Jerome Bertrand told AFP.

A UN-led assessment says Afghanistan requires $128.8 million to restore housing, schools and key services in its quake-hit eastern provinces, warning that reconstruction faces “significant shortfalls” as donor support for the country falls sharply.

Poland said yesterday it would close the Russian consulate in the northern port city of Gdansk, after accusing Moscow of orchestrating the sabotage of a train line earlier this week.

The Republican-controlled US Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition.

Resolution previously received 13 votes in favour, none against

316 million women were victims of such violence in the past year alone

4 manga publishing firms previously filed a lawsuit in Tokyo in 2022

After the 2011 tsunami and meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japan shut down all of its nuclear reactors

Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar's border regions

Before that ban, China accounted for more than a fifth of all Japan's seafood exports, according to official data.

For many EU states, the concern is that the focus on regulation has come at the expense of innovation

In addition, President Donald Trump approved a "major defense sale package," which includes future deliveries of F-35 advanced American fighter jets.

The wealthy and well-connected financier died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.

Trump threatened ABC's broadcast license after reporter Mary Bruce posed questions during a White House visit by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

'My son is a big fan of Ronaldo,' Trump said in his pre-dinner speech

'You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.'

One person was killed and three were wounded in a stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Israeli emergency services said.

The UN Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorising an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.

COP30 hosts Brazil yesterday produced a first draft of an agreement between nations at the UN climate talks after negotiations on the sticking points stretched late into the night.