Gunmen shot dead eight people in Mexico’s most violent state, authorities said Sunday.

The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Russia said yesterday it was ready for talks on the three-year old war in Ukraine but would only stop fighting when a peace settlement “suits” Moscow.

The European Union yesterday eased sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport and banking sectors in a bid to help the country’s reconstruction after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

An elderly British couple have been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, their daughter said yesterday, urging UK diplomats to do “everything in their power” to secure their release.

The international system is in upheaval with human rights being “suffocated”, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that an era of “dictators” could return.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed Moscow’s “positive efforts to defuse” the Ukraine crisis in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media said.

The 69-year-old faces lengthy coalition negotiations after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged to a historic second place in a fractured vote following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unloved three-way alliance.

The gains have been boosted since the Hangzhou-based firm announced robust sales growth last week

The country's regions facing the Sea of Japan experience heavy snowfall every year

The first phase of the Gaza truce is due to expire in early March

All other staff directly hired by USAID will be placed on administrative leave globally

President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAID personnel around the world on paid administrative leave and eliminating some 2,000 of those positions in the US, according to a notice sent to agency workers reviewed by Reuters

Multiple US agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes forward

Australia’s online watchdog said yesterday it has fined Telegram more than US$600,000 for missing a deadline to reveal how it tackles “terrorist” and child sexual abuse content.

Germans were voting in a national election yesterday that is expected to restore power to Friedrich Merz’s conservatives while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is forecast to achieve its best result yet in Europe’s ailing economic powerhouse.

The Trump administration sent emails on Saturday evening to US federal government employees telling them to detail their work accomplishments from the previous week by tonight or risk losing their jobs.

Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli Air Force jets flying over the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut yesterday were sending a “clear message” to anyone threatening Israel.

Hamas yesterday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito renewed his wish for world peace on his birthday, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the imperial agency said yesterday.