Saudi Arabia, the main backer of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, said yesterday that Yemeni separatists should return territory seized recently, adding that it seeks to deescalate tensions within the government camp.

Some 115 alleged members of the Islamic State group suspected of planning attacks during the end of year holidays have been arrested in Turkey, Istanbul’s prosecutor general said yesterday.

At least 12 people died on Wednesday after a boat filled with migrants seeking to reach Europe sank off the coast of Senegal, security sources said.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday seized an oil tanker in the Gulf carrying more than a dozen foreign crew members, state media reported.

Nigeria police said yesterday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the blast that killed several worshippers in a mosque on Christmas eve in the country’s northeastern Borno state.

Greek coastguard were searching yesterday for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea, local media reported.

Pope Leo XIV condemned the “senselessness” of war and the “open wounds” it leaves behind, as he delivered his first Christmas message yesterday after a year marked by conflict but also hopes for peace in Gaza and Ukraine.

China yesterday accused the US of distorting its defence policy in an effort to thwart an improvement in China-India ties.

Some 115 alleged members of the Islamic State group suspected of planning attacks during the end-of-year holidays have been arrested in Turkey, Istanbul's prosecutor general said on Thursday

Said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

Bomb disposal teams have cordoned off the area

White House ordered US military forces to focus exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" for at least next two months

Nasry Asfura was declared winner, weeks after a razor-thin election marred by delays and allegations of fraud

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck Taiwan’s southeastern coastal county of Taitung yesterday, the island’s weather administration said, although there were no immediate reports of damage.

A private jet that crashed overnight, killing Libya’s army chief and seven others on board, had reported an electrical fault and requested an emergency landing shortly before contact was lost, a Turkish official said yesterday.

Russia and China on Tuesday criticised the United States for its military and economic pressure on Venezuela, telling the UN Security Council it was “cowboy behaviour” and “intimidation.”

Cambodian and Thai officials began four days of talks at a border checkpoint yesterday aimed at negotiating an end to deadly clashes, Phnom Penh said.

The Israeli army yesterday demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of carrying out a stabbing and shooting attack that killed an Israeli earlier this year, the military said.

Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms.

Taiwan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location on the edge of two tectonic plates