An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured 3,000, a government spokesman announced, with significant damage reported across several districts in the mountainous regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Monday to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow's allies, slamming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine.
The leader of Yemen’s Houthis, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi, has denounced Israel and signalled defiance, praising assassinated government leaders as “the martyrs of all Yemen”, the day after the group confirmed the death of its prime minister and other cabinet ministers.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian called for deeper cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members to strengthen financial resilience and promote peace, during the group’s 25th summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged regional leaders to oppose “Cold War mentality” at a gathering of a security bloc that Beijing has touted as an alternative to the Western-led international order.
European capitals are preparing “pretty precise plans” for potential troop deployments to Ukraine as part of postwar security guarantees, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times (FT), adding that the measures would carry full U.S. support.
Some 60% of Generation Z in the United States favor Palestinian resistance group Hamas over Israel in Tel Aviv's ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, a new survey found.
Israel moved two scheduled government meetings on Sunday to a “secret and fortified location” following Israeli strikes that killed senior Houthi ministers in Yemen, according to a report.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Tel Aviv had carried out a strike on Abu Obeida, spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Russian forces will push their advantage and continue their offensive against Ukrainian troops, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has stated.
Hamas on Sunday confirmed the death of Mohammed Sinwar, its presumed leader in Gaza, more than three months after Israel announced it had killed him in an air strike.
U.S. President Donald Trump is negotiating with European allies to send American private military companies to help secure a potential peace accord in Ukraine, the Telegraph has reported, citing undisclosed sources.
A Houthi official has vowed “vengeance” against Israel after the Yemeni group confirmed that an Israeli air attack earlier this week killed the prime minister of the Houthis’ government in the capital, Sanaa.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office urged Washington to reverse a decision to revoke the Palestinian leader’s visa, just weeks before he was set to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has stated that she was "not optimistic" the bloc would take action against Israel over the war in Gaza due to splits between member states.
US President Donald Trump has proposed deploying “Chinese peacekeepers” to Ukraine to monitor a potential ceasefire between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, the Financial Times has reported, citing people briefed on the discussions.
Iran has dismissed the idea of holding talks under “threats or coercion”, describing a proposal from Russia and China toward resolving nuclear issues as a “practical step.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a reminder of President Donald Trump’s deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
European Union defense ministers have nominally agreed to deploy military instructors to Ukraine after a hypothetical future cease in hostilities with Russia, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas has stated.
One Israeli soldier was killed and 11 wounded in intense fighting in Gaza City's Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, with four soldiers missing, according to reports.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that Russia's war in Ukraine could go on for "many more months" despite recent US-led efforts to bring it to an end.
Britain, France and Germany have called on Iran at the United Nations on Friday to meet three requirements so their threat of reimposing U.N. sanctions can be delayed to allow space for talks on an agreement to address their concerns about Tehran's nuclear program.
Washington is supplying Ukraine with weapons that allow it to strike deeper into Russian territory, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO Matthew Whitaker has stated.
