Cambodia’s top court yesterday suspended a prison sentence handed to opposition politician Rong Chhun but upheld a ban on him running for office, his lawyer said.

The fatal Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading rapidly, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned yesterday, despite accelerating efforts to tackle the virus.

The Turkish government is tightening its grip on the opposition, with fresh arrests yesterday targeting elected officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as it faces a deepening leadership crisis.

Report follows findings of serious misconduct by ICC bureau

Truce brokered by Washington and Doha

Kabul says targets were militant hideouts in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Report says request will cover war costs and military operations

Israel, left out of the talks, says it is not party to the deal

Whether the move ultimately represents a cosmetic adjustment or a deeper shift in regional strategy remains to be seen

Police identified the suspect as 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, who they warned should be considered armed and dangerous

Alarm is sharpest in the Gulf, where Iranian attacks have shaken confidence in long-standing security arrangements

Look forward to beginning technical talks as soon as possible, says White House

Boeing 747 gifted to Donald Trump by Gulf emirate of Qatar may now be of service

Drastic restrictions on cross-country travel took effect yesterday in cash-strapped Cuba, with spaces on ever scarcer trains and buses now reserved for the sick, people traveling for funerals and other emergencies.

US media outlets have reacted with near unanimity in condemning President Donald Trump’s concessions to Iran in a new deal aimed at ending the Middle East war. Signed at a candlelit dinner outside Paris, the memorandum of understanding seeks to halt hostilities and pave the way for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Scores of Ukrainian drones bore down on Moscow yesterday, hitting the Russian capital’s oil refinery for the second time this week in what Kyiv cast as a demonstration of its growing capabilities that should force Russia to accept a peace deal.

The US yesterday lifted a blockade of Iranian ports imposed during the Middle East war after President Donald Trump and President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a deal to end the conflict on all fronts, as uncertainty surrounded planned talks in Switzerland aiming to take the accord further.

A two-month negotiating period now begins with all eyes on the reopening of Hormuz

Russia had received the bodies of 33 of its own soldiers in return

A trio of jets dropped nine bombs around the town of Kyauktaw, a local rescue worker says