Israel launched the war after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel in October 2023

The UN says more than 65,000 people have fled El-Fasher since Sunday

The train was running from Doncaster in the northeast to London's King's Cross Station

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared yesterday the landslide winner of an election that set off deadly protests across the country this week over the exclusion of her main challengers.

Egypt yesterday inaugurated the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum -- the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilisation -- marking a milestone in both cultural preservation and efforts to revive the country’s tourism-driven economy.

US President Donald Trump appeared to issue a lifeline Friday for low-income Americans reliant on food aid, saying he does not want them to “go hungry” a day before some 42 million people could lose their monthly assistance.

A woman arrested this week, along with four other suspects over the unprecedented jewel heist at the Louvre, was charged and remanded in custody yesterday.

Indian Sikh pilgrims have been issued visas for neighbouring Pakistan, the first major allowance after travel between the arch-rival nations was frozen during conflict in May.

Oman, which hosted several rounds of US-Iran nuclear talks that were derailed by the Israel-Iran war in June, urged the countries yesterday to go back to the negotiating table.

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban yesterday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said.

At least nine people were crushed to death after a massive crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh yesterday, the state’s governor said.

Canadian premier Mark Carney yesterday called his talks with China’s leader Xi Jinping a “turning point” in restoring their battered ties, adding he raised tricky topics with Beijing like foreign interference.

Thousands of civilians are feared trapped and in imminent danger in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after its fall to paramilitaries, Doctors Without Borders said yesterday, as Germany’s top diplomat described the situation there as “apocalyptic”.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted Xi Jinping for their first meeting yesterday as the Chinese head of state took centre stage and reforged old ties at an Asian summit from which US leader Donald Trump was largely absent.

Russia fired more missiles at Ukraine in October than in any month since at least the start of 2023 as it pounded the country’s energy grid in night-time attacks, an AFP analysis of Ukrainian data showed.

Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten on Friday claimed victory in a knife-edge election over far-right head Geert Wilders, saying his surprise success showed populist movements could be beaten in Europe.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth yesterday took aim at Beijing over an increase in “destabilising actions” in the South China Sea and committed to supporting Southeast Asian countries with technology to help them respond jointly to Chinese threats.

Israel yesterday said that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing

Election commission declares Hassan winner with nearly 98% of votes