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S.Africa tells UN court Israel 'genocide' hit 'new...
South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging the court to o...
Serbia leases army HQ bombed by NATO to Trump son-...
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has signed a lease for a building project at the site of the former Yugoslav army headquar...
France accuses Azerbaijan of interference in New C...
France accused Azerbaijan on Thursday of "interference" in the politics of its Pacific territory of New Caledonia, which has seen...
Dutch EU opt-out on asylum could take 'years': Wil...
Far-right leader Geert Wilders told AFP Thursday it could take "years" for the Netherlands' new government to fulfil its pledge to...
A pariah in the West, Putin finds fans in Beijing
Beijingers praised Vladimir Putin's "charisma" on Thursday and expressed hopes that China would deepen ties with Moscow as the Rus...
Ukraine says halted Russian 'advance' in some Khar...
The Ukrainian army said on Thursday it had partially halted a Russian advance in the northeast, where Moscow has secured its large...
Five Israeli troops killed by friendly fire in Gaz...
Israel said Thursday that five of its troops were killed by friendly fire in a Gaza battle, as a rift emerged inside the war cabin...
US military says aid pier anchored to Gaza beach
US troops early Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, meant to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach i...
New Dutch coalition govt wants 'strictest' asylum...
The newly agreed Dutch coalition government on Thursday proposed what it called the "strictest ever" asylum policy, including an o...
Lai Ching-te: from coal miner's son to Taiwan pres...
Son of a coal miner, Taiwan's Lai Ching-te takes the helm Monday as president of the self-ruled island, tasked with navigating the...
Xi, Putin hail ties as 'stabilising' force in chao...
Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations' ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday in...
Xi hails Russia ties as 'conducive to peace' in Pu...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed ties with Russia as "conducive to peace" as he met with counterpart Vladimir Putin in...
Putin meets Xi in Beijing seeking greater support...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing as he seeks greater support from China for hi...
Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn...
Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries...
Iraqi car bomb survivor eyes gold in Paris Paralym...
When car bomb survivor Najlah Imad first took up table tennis, her relatives warned against it. But a decade later, the Iraqi teen...
France deploys troops, bans TikTok to quell deadly...
France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday...
Arab leaders head to Bahrain for Gaza-focused summ...
Arab leaders are gathering Thursday in Bahrain for a summit dominated by the Israel-Hamas war which has been raging in the Gaza St...
Dutch parties reach deal to form government
Six months after Geert Wilders won a stunning election victory, squabbling politicians finally clinched an agreement Wednesday on...
IMF approves use of reserve assets for 'hybrid' fi...
The IMF said Wednesday that its board had voted to allow member states' IMF-issued international reserve assets to be used by mult...
Putin arrives in Beijing seeking greater support f...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Thursday to meet with counterpart Xi Jinping as he seeks greater support from...
Slovak PM shooting suspect named as 71-year-old wr...
A suspect detained for shooting Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico is a 71-year-old writer from the centre of the European nation...
'Ready to rumble' - Biden, Trump agree to two elec...
US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold election debates in June and September, with the rivals trading b...
France imposes state of emergency in New Caledonia...
France ordered troops to guard ports and the international airport in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia as a state of emergen...
30,000 rally in Georgia amid new criticism of 'for...
Some 30,000 Georgians took to the streets Wednesday in the latest round of a weeks-long mass protest against a "foreign influence"...
Thousands rally in Georgia amid new criticism of '...
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets Wednesday in the latest round of a weeks-long mass protest against a "foreign influence...
What we know about Slovak PM assassination attempt
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot multiple times on Wednesday. Here is what we...
Biden, Trump agree to election debates in June, Se...
Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold presidential debates in June and September after the Democratic incumbent chal...
Stock markets set records, dollar slides as US inf...
Stock markets struck record highs Wednesday after official data showed US inflation cooled slightly in April, raising hopes that t...
Putin heads to Beijing seeking greater support for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in China on Thursday to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping as he seeks to win greater supp...
Israel PM says no humanitarian crisis as hundreds...
Israel's prime minister on Wednesday insisted there was no "humanitarian catastrophe" in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 peop...
Dutch parties reach deal to form government coalit...
Six months after Geert Wilders won a stunning election victory, squabbling politicians finally clinched an agreement Wednesday on...
Dutch parties reach coalition deal: Wilders
Six months after Geert Wilders won a stunning election victory, squabbling politicians finally clinched a deal Wednesday on a coal...