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View all search resultsMeteorologists said the conditions were at their worst in six years, when catastrophic bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33 people, in what became known as the Black Summer.
15 hours agoWith the US military's overthrow and snatching of Venezuela's firebrand president Nicolas Maduro, Rubio is savoring victory -- but the outcome came only after compromises that again left many wondering where the old Rubio had gone.
17 hours agoViolence between the UAE-supported STC and pro-Saudi forces has spiked in recent weeks around Aden, home to Yemen's internationally recognized government since it was ousted from Sanaa by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in 2014.
17 hours agoTrump has stepped up his designs on the mineral-rich, self-governing Danish territory in the arctic since the US military seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last weekend.
17 hours agoTrump's comments come after a New York Times report that Maduro's regular public dancing in defiance of US threats convinced White House officials that it was time to act.
20 hours agoMaduro is in a New York jail awaiting drug charges after the Saturday morning raid that the US estimates killed about 75 people, according to a Washington Post report citing officials familiar with the matter.
21 hours agoChina follows a policy of non-intervention and routinely criticises military activity conducted without the UN Security Council's approval.
1 day agoTrump has warned Rodriguez could face a fate worse than Maduro if she failed to heed US demands on policy reforms and oil access.
1 day agoMahathir has suffered health problems in recent years and was previously hospitalised for fatigue after a picnic celebration for his centenary in July.
1 day agoIn a speech to civil servants, Anwar said his administration will table a parliamentary bill to limit the tenure of prime ministers to a maximum of 10 years, a measure that was part of his ruling coalition's election pledges in 2022.
2 days agoChina is gravely concerned over the US capture of Maduro and his wife and is closely following the security situation, ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press briefing.
2 days agoCambodia says that during a period of ceasefire based on a truce agreed on Dec. 27, Thailand seized several areas across four border provinces.
4 days agoTakaichi's plan to make her first visit to the United States since taking office in October, confirmed during their phone call, comes at a time of strained relations between Japan and China.
4 days agoPartial results from Myanmar's first election since 2020, released by the Union Election Commission (UEC) for 56 constituencies, showed the junta-backed party winning by a wide margin as expected, despite thin turnout.
4 days agoProsecutors indicted Yoon in November on several charges of aiding the enemy, alleging that he ordered drone flights over North Korea to strengthen his effort to declare military rule.
5 days agoMaduro is in a New York jail awaiting drug charges after the Saturday morning raid that the US estimates killed about 75 people, according to a Washington Post report citing officials familiar with the matter.
21 hours agoChina follows a policy of non-intervention and routinely criticises military activity conducted without the UN Security Council's approval.
1 day agoTrump has warned Rodriguez could face a fate worse than Maduro if she failed to heed US demands on policy reforms and oil access.
1 day ago"Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, in an apparent reference to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro.
2 days agoWashington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears for Greenland, which Trump has repeatedly said he wants to annex, given its strategic location in the Arctic.
2 days agoWashington's military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump's designs on the autonomous Danish territory, which has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a vital player as polar ice melts, opening up new shipping routes.
1 day agoWitnesses reported seeing staff at the Le Constellation bar carrying so-called fountain candles atop bottles of champagne.
4 days agoAround 40 people died and more than 100 were injured in the fire that ripped through the crowded Le Constellation bar around 1:30 a.m. local time.
5 days agoThe French government will submit draft legislation for legal checks in early January, Le Monde and France Info reported.
5 days agoTerritorial issues remain a hurdle to negotiations moving forward, as the Ukrainian president saying any compromises on territory should be decided by the Ukrainian people in a potential referendum.
1 week agoLeo, celebrating his first Christmas after being elected in May by the world's cardinals to succeed the late Pope Francis, has a quieter, more diplomatic style than his predecessor and usually refrains from making political references in his sermons.
1 week agoThe condemnation is a response to Israel's decision to green-light new settlements, which is said to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.
1 week agoAccompanied by an American delegation and greeted by former and current officials, Jolie said she was "honoured" to meet aid volunteers at the crossing.
3 days agoIsrael suspended 37 foreign humanitarian organizations from accessing the Gaza Strip after they had refused to share lists of their Palestinian employees with government officials.
4 days agoOfficial data released by the Saudi government said 243 people were executed in drug-related cases in 2025 alone, according to AFP's tally.
5 days agoBut some areas that are priorities for the UN, including Yemen, Afghanistan and Gaza, will not be receiving US funding under the new mechanism, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said.
1 week agoRavaged by more than two years of war, the Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza's Nuseirat district cares for around 60 in-patients and receives nearly 1,000 people seeking medical treatment each day.
1 week agoThe legislation lists the "crimes of French colonization", including nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, "physical and psychological torture", and the "systematic plundering of resources".
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