A fire broke out at a Russian military airfield hundreds of kilometres from the Ukrainian border, state media reported early Friday, with authorities ordering evacuations in the area due to a "massive" drone attack

Israel said yesterday it was revoking the diplomatic status of Norway’s envoys to the Palestinian Authority accusing Oslo of “anti-Israel behaviour” during the Gaza war and drawing a formal protest.

Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said yesterday in his latest edict.

The United Nations yesterday said the dissolution of Thailand’s main opposition Move Forward Party was “deeply troubling” and seriously impacted fundamental freedoms.

Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Wednesday offered to apologise for the May 9 riots, provided the involvement of PTI supporters in the violent protests was proved.

At least 40 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the central and southern Gaza Strip yesterday, after Israeli forces issued new evacuation orders to Palestinians in areas of north of the enclave.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is “not confident” Donald Trump would concede peacefully if he loses the US election, as the Republican’s rival Kamala Harris warned a Trump victory would usher in a lawless administration set on curtailing Americans’ freedoms.

Water temperatures in and around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past decade, placing the world’s largest reef under threat, according to research published yesterday.

US military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

Bagheri accused Israel of wanting "to expand tension, war and conflict to other countries," while asserting it was not in a position to fight Iran.

European and British carriers are unable to fly over Russian airspace, which means flying to Asia takes a few hours longer than it used to.

While top Trump advisers once saw a chance for an electoral blowout - with Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota and Virginia in play - the elevation of Harris has prompted Republicans to refocus on a narrower path to victory that runs through traditional battleground states like Pennsylvania and Georgia.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake followed by a 7.1 tremor struck off southern Japan on Thursday.

Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest

A woman stripped of her British citizenship after leaving the country as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter lost a bid yesterday to take her case to the UK’s top court.

The famine in a displaced persons camp in war-torn Sudan is a “shameful stain” on the conscience of the international community, which failed to prevent it despite multiple warnings, the United Nations said Tuesday.

China carried out a combat patrol to test “strike capabilities” near a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea yesterday, as the United States and its allies held joint military drills in the same waters.

Russia said yesterday that Ukraine is now opening a “second front” in Africa after Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Kyiv, accusing it of support for “terrorist groups”.

Sri Lanka’s ruling party nominated a scion of the controversial Rajapaksa family yesterday to challenge the incumbent president in next month’s polls, the first since the country’s unprecedented economic meltdown.

Israel has conducted a systematic policy of prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the Gaza offensive, subjecting Palestinian detainees to acts ranging from arbitrary violence to sexual abuse, Israeli rights group B’Tselem said in a report.