French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said yesterday.

Police were investigating the blast, which appeared to be a suicide bombing, says police official

The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is worsening, the UN said yesterday, decrying scenes reminiscent of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority that some countries deemed a genocide.

An armed group that controls part of western Sudan yesterday pleaded for international help recovering bodies and rescuing residents from torrential rain, after at least 1,000 people were killed in a landslide that wiped out a mountain village on Sunday.

At least 20 people are missing after violent protests, sparked by lavish perks for Indonesian lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said yesterday.

The US is seeking a regime change in his country with a naval deployment in the Caribbean, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday in a rare press conference.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that Israeli strikes across the enclave killed at least 73 people, including five individuals seeking humanitarian aid.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping yesterday that their countries’ ties were at an “unprecedented level”, during talks in Beijing ahead of a massive military parade.

Milestone meeting marks first appearance together in public

Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday

Quake kills over 1,400, injures over 3,100, say Taliban

The UN said Tuesday an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed over 900 people could impact "hundreds of thousands" and warned of an "exponential" rise in casualties

In a swift move, Nespresso CEO Philipp Navratil was appointed to take over by his fellow board members.

The move comes as Russia seeks to expand its energy ties with China, its largest trading partner, after losing significant market share in Europe due to sanctions following the 2022 Ukraine conflict.

The visa exemption will be for a period of a year from September 15, with entry to China of no more than 30 days.

At least six people have been killed since protests erupted last week

Eighty-six percent of those who voted among the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed the resolution declaring Israel’s "policies and actions in Gaza" had met the legal definition set out in Article II of the 1948 UN convention on genocide

The smell of death mingled with the sound of wailing women and scraping shovels as rescuers and residents desperately tried to find anyone still alive

The landslide struck on August 31 after days of heavy rainfall, the group led by Abdelwahid Mohamed Nour said in a statement.

One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said yesterday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather.