The Kremlin said yesterday that the idea of holding peace talks without Russia was ridiculous, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped to hold a spring summit in Switzerland to discuss his peace vision with Kyiv’s allies.

Sweden’s accession to Nato adds a final puzzle piece to the alliance around the shores of the strategically important Baltic Sea -- but Russia still poses a threat above and below water.

The UN rights chief decried yesterday disinformation and other attacks that aim to “undermine the legitimacy” and work of the United Nations and other institutions, describing them as “profoundly destructive”.

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected yesterday as the head of the country’s most populous province, Punjab, in a move underlining the expanding grip of the family in the South Asian nation.

Hungary's parliament approved Sweden's NATO accession today, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War

Arab states tell UN court; UN voices alarm as Israel says preparing for Rafah invasion

Community leaders have been pressured to compile lists of at least 50 men for each small village and at least 100 for each IDP camp and large village

Indian Railways today said it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 kilometres (43 miles) without a driver

A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programmes in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient", the UN chief warned today

South Korea's government on Monday told young doctors they had until the end of February to return to work or risk being punished for staging a week-long protest that has disrupted services for patients at several major hospitals

Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank

Timely action by Lahore police saved a teenage girl wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy printed on it from attack by a charged mob, alleging she committed blasphemy, in the crowded Ichra Bazar on Sunday

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire's son

An Australian helicopter pilot and two local contractors kidnapped at gunpoint in Papua New Guinea's restive highlands have been freed unharmed, police and an aviation company spokesman said Monday

Readers beware: Digital books save forests but also create toxic e-waste. Paper, meanwhile, is a renewable resource, though billions of hard copy books produce a high carbon footprint

A US military service member set himself on fire, in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza, outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Sunday afternoon, authorities said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 31,000 soldiers had died in battle in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

A drug long used to treat asthma can help protect people from dangerous -- even fatal -- food allergies, a study published Sunday in the respected New England Journal of Medicine found

Israel's military proposed a plan Monday for "evacuating" civilians from the Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory's southern city Rafah was necessary for "total victory"

American and British forces carried out a fresh wave of strikes Saturday against 18 Huthi targets in Yemen, a joint statement said, following weeks of unrelenting attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed rebels