A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines from Russia to Europe in 2022, German prosecutors said yesterday.

India and Russia agreed to boost trade ties yesterday as their foreign ministers met in Moscow, giving little indication that US President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on India for buying Russian oil would disrupt their relations.

The world’s oldest person, British woman Ethel Caterham, turned 116 yesterday, months after the title passed to her following the death of Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas.

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth’s most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.

Thailand’s suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra testified on Thursday in a case seeking her removal from office over her handling of the kingdom’s border row with Cambodia.

Nigeria has deported 102 foreigners including 60 Chinese nationals and 39 Filipinos convicted of "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud", its anti-corruption agency said Thursday

A total of 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025

The scams target mostly Americans, Canadians, Mexicans and Europeans

Caprio billed his courtroom as a place “where people and cases are met with kindness and compassion.”

The fire broke out on the USS New Orleans on the southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday

Marco Rubio called the court "a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare" against the United States and Israel

The Israeli statements signaled Israel was pressing ahead with its plan to seize Gaza's biggest urban centre

Israel’s defence minister yesterday approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists, piling pressure on Hamas as mediators push for a ceasefire.

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long war.

Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said yesterday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China.

Russia yesterday said it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.

The attack on worshippers' prayers came despite a rash of recent peace deals in Katsina state

The survey was taken amid hopes that Israel and Hamas would agree on a ceasefire

The parade will be a show of China's military strength

In mid-June, Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a war in which Iran responded with missile and drone strikes.