Ukraine’s military intelligence service said yesterday its forces had used naval drones to destroy two Russian patrol boats off Moscow-annexed Crimea.

The African National Congress (ANC) yesterday looked set to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, as partial election results suggested it would need a partner to stay in power - a first in South Africa’s post-apartheid history.

Taiwan’s defence ministry said yesterday it detected 38 Chinese warplanes and 11 navy or coastguard vessels around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, a week after Beijing encircled the island in a massive two-day military drill.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday began a two-day meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari at the end of months of a high-octane campaign in parliamentary elections.

The United Nations, which has warned of famine in Gaza, said on Wednesday the amount of humanitarian aid entering the enclave has dropped by two-thirds since Israel began its military operation in the enclave’s southern Rafah region this month.

A mid-air collision between two Malaysian military helicopters that killed all 10 people onboard was caused by crew error, the country's navy said Thursday

Representatives of Adani Group met Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the secretariat yesterday and discussed new investment opportunities in Bangladesh

China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving long-term peace and stability, President Xi Jinping said in a speech today that also highlighted the Gaza crisis

A car ramming attack killed two Israeli soldiers near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said early Thursday

Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said on Thursday

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial finished their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict that would decide the fate of the only US president to be charged with a crime

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial asked for transcripts of some witness testimony on Wednesday as they weighed the fate of the first US president to be charged with a crime

Ukraine yesterday reported nine people had been killed in four regions of the war-battered country, as Russia presses gains on the front line where Kyiv’s troops are struggling.

UK police yesterday said that 40 people had been arrested and three officers injured after protesters refused to disperse following a demonstration in London over Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza.

South Africa’s ruling ANC was fighting yesterday to defy expectations that it could lose its three-decade-long exclusive grip on power, as voters turned out for a watershed general election.

Temperatures in India’s capital soared to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius yesterday, figures from the government’s weather bureau showed, as it warned of dangerous heat levels in the megacity.

All eyes are on the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), as India votes to elect a new government. Spread over an area roughly the size of Britain, the state packs in nearly four times as many people.

Joe Biden’s red lines over Israel’s assault on Rafah have kept shifting, but the US president faces growing pressure to take a firmer stance after a deadly strike in the southern Gaza city.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out at the United Nations and called on the “Islamic world” to take united action following the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza.

The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.