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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting between government forces and armed groups has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee. UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh said on Friday the violence had prompted …

A fire broke out Friday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House, leading to the evacuation of workers as firefighters responded to the call, according to the US Secret Service. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services said at 8 a.m. on Twitter that a defective cooling …

Australia and India made significant progress in consolidating defense and security ties during talks the leaders of the two countries held Friday in New Delhi. “Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi and I discussed an increasingly uncertain global security environment and committed to strengthening the Australia-India defense and security partnership to address …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally set May 14 as the date for parliamentary and presidential elections — a month earlier than scheduled despite February’s devastating earthquakes. “Our nation will go to the polls to elect its president and parliamentarians on May 14,” Mr Erdogan said in a …

European bank shares tumbled on Friday in the wake of a dramatic sell-off in U.S. lenders as concern spread that the sector will be vulnerable to the rising cost of money. Europe’s STOXX banking index fell more than 4%, set for its biggest one-day slide since early June, with declines …

A gunman killed at least seven people at a Jehovah’s Witness center, according to German media Hamburg police say they may have found the body of the gunman behind a mass shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall on Thursday which claimed the lives of several people. Police did not provide …

Britain’s King Charles named his younger brother Prince Edward as the new Duke of Edinburgh on Friday, handing him the title last held by their father Prince Philip, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Edward, 59 on Friday, becomes the latest member of the royal family to be granted a …

Iran and Saudi Arabia have reached an agreement in the Chinese capital of Beijing to restore their diplomatic relations and re-open embassies and missions, seven years after they were broken off over several issues. The agreement was struck on Friday after several days of intensive negotiations between Secretary of Iran’s …

A young Palestinian man has died after he was shot by an Israeli settler east of the northwestern occupied West Bank city of Qalqiliya, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Health officials identified the victim as 21-year-old Abdul-Karim Badie Sheikh, a resident of Sanniriya town, noting that he was …

The historic third term came with unanimous support from Chinese lawmakers Xi Jinping was re-elected as the President of China on Friday, securing an unprecedented third five-year term in power. Last year, Xi was also re-confirmed in the key position of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader. His candidacy was endorsed …

Five Palestinians have been wounded in a settler attack in Huwara, where soldiers and settlers danced together celebrating Purim. Israeli soldiers have been filmed dancing with Jewish settlers on the streets of a Palestinian village where settlers attacked five members of the same family. The five Palestinians were hospitalised after …

A decision on a permanent deployment of a German brigade to Lithuania will be “up to NATO,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Tuesday in response to calls by Vilnius for a larger NATO presence in the country. “This not down to who wants what – or who wants to …

The failure is considered to be a significant blow to Tokyo’s aerospace ambitions Japan’s ambitions to develop a cheaper alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets suffered a significant blow on Tuesday after the country’s space agency was forced to destroy its flagship H3 vehicle after its second-stage engine failed. The …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy publicly committed his troops to holding out in Bakhmut after days in which they had seemed likely to withdraw, apparently prolonging the war’s bloodiest battle in a bid to break Moscow’s force. Moscow has sent thousands of troops in human wave attacks over recent weeks to …

North Korea has threatened to take “quick, overwhelming action” after the United States flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over the Korean Peninsula in an exercise with South Korean warplanes. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un, made the threat as the U.S. and South Korea continue to carry …

An Israeli air strike knocked Aleppo airport out of service on Tuesday and forced the Syrian authorities to reroute flights carrying aid for people affected by last month’s earthquake, Syrian state media reported. The Israeli military declined to comment. In the second attack on Aleppo airport in six months, Syrian …

The United States and China are hurtling toward inevitable “confrontation and conflict” unless Washington changes course, Beijing’s new foreign minister warned Tuesday. The fiery comments from Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang underlined the deepening tensions between the world’s two largest economies in the wake of the surveillance balloon saga and …

Massive protests erupt across nation, demanding action on broken rail system Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized Sunday for the train crash last week that killed at least 57 people, vowing to fix the nation’s broken rail system while the stationmaster charged in the crash made his first court appearance. …

At least ten people have died in the Indonesian region of Natuna on Monday after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Junainah, a disaster official in Riau Islands province, said the number of fatalities may rise and that communications in the area had …

The reservists are angry at PM Netanyahu’s attempts to change the Israeli judiciary, in what they see as an anti-democratic move. Dozens of Israeli air force reservists have said they will not turn up for a training day in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial changes. As Israel’s …