Middle East and Africa

Kurdish forces say Turkish drones hit Syria's Hasaka city; Turkey denies it

Bulgarian President Radev resigns amid speculation he will form his own party

Turkey's Kurdish party says Syria deal leaves Ankara 'no excuses' on peace process

Bulgaria's President Radev resigns amid speculation he will form his own party

Valentino, leading Italian fashion designer, dies at 93

Dozens abducted in Nigeria church attacks; church leader says more than 160 seized

Nigerian airstrikes kill scores of militants in Borno, military says

BHP refused permission to appeal UK judgment over 2015 Brazil dam collapse

Putin’s special envoy Dmitriev to travel to Davos, meet members of U.S. delegation, sources say

UK PM Starmer tells Trump tariffs on allies over Greenland are 'wrong'

Dutch minister calls Trump's Greenland tariff threat 'blackmail'

Iran warns against any US strike as judiciary hints at unrest-linked executions

Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body

UK prosecutors try to reinstate terrorism charge against Kneecap rapper

Why Somalia has severed ties with the UAE

US declares Muslim Brotherhood groups in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon as terrorists

Russian captain 'did nothing' to avoid US tanker crash, UK prosecutors tell trial

Iran appears to have released Greek tanker St. Nikolas seized in 2024, vessel monitoring service says

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north, defying threats of kidnap

Trump says he will talk to Musk about restoring internet in Iran​

UK, Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm US threat, Bloomberg News reports

A thousand Kyiv apartment blocks still without heating after Russian strike

Iran's Guards arrest foreigner accused of spying for Israel

Thousands rally in support of Yemen's main separatist group

Greenland's parliament will bring forward meeting to discuss US threats, party leaders say

EU member states confirm approval of signing EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Warsaw summons Hungarian envoy to protest after Budapest grants two Poles asylum

Meloni urges Europe to talk to Russia, sees no swift return to G8

Meloni does not believe US will make military move on Greenland, urges strong NATO Arctic presence

China's top diplomat postpones visit to Somalia, arrives in Tanzania

Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah targets in several areas in Lebanon

Yemen's separatists appear to split, reflecting Saudi-UAE rift

Kurdish councils in Syria's Aleppo reject evacuation call

Moscow says US freed two Russian crew members from seized oil tanker at its request

Iran must show restraint against protesters, French diplomatic source says

Italian PM Meloni to visit South Korea for summit with President Lee

France to vote against Mercosur trade deal, Macron says

Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council sacks defence minister, Saba says

Digital blackout hits Tehran, other parts of Iran, Netblocks says