Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed after lengthy periods in captivity in Niger, following extensive diplomatic efforts to secure their release amid growing concerns over kidnappings in the Sahel region.
There are defining moments in the history of nations and states when a shared history ceases to be merely a memory of the past and becomes a force that shapes the future.
An Interpol-led crackdown on cybercrime across Africa has led to at least 1,462 arrests and the recovery of $105 million in illicit assets, exposing the growing reach of international online fraud networks.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected suggestions that Armenia could be expelled from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), insisting that member states lack the authority to remove it amid growing tensions over Yerevan’s closer ties with the European Union.
Here are five major events bringing sport, cinema, literature and the arts to Baku this October, as Azerbaijan’s capital welcomes international talent and visitors for a packed cultural calendar.
Armenian officials have visited the southern Syunik region to advance plans for a U.S.-backed transit route linking Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, although construction is now expected to begin no earlier than 2027.
An Australian television reporter and a bystander have rescued a man from a sinking vehicle during severe flooding in Queensland, pulling him to safety moments before the car disappeared beneath the water.
A judge in the U.S. state of New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company misled consumers, in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
If you tried to visit a government website in Europe on Wednesday and found it down, you weren’t alone. Agencies across the continent pulled their sites offline after serious security flaws were discovered in PHP, the programming language quietly running behind most of the world’s websites.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to highlight his administration’s efforts to combat foreign criminal networks targeting Americans with fraudulent cryptocurrency investments at a White House event on Wednesday, a White House official told Reuters.
Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress, was detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Wednesday while harvesting olives alongside Palestinian farmers, rights groups said.
U.S. federal prosecutors have charged six people over an alleged scheme that arranged hundreds of fraudulent marriages in Massachusetts to help immigrants living in the country illegally obtain green cards and, potentially, citizenship.
Georgia's Constitutional Court has begun hearing a landmark case that could see five opposition parties banned following a legal challenge by the ruling Georgian Dream party. Hearings are ongoing and expected to continue until at least Friday.
British PM Andy Burnham has rejected calls to reconsider the UK’s ban on Palestine Action, insisting that the decision was based on evidence and had undergone parliamentary scrutiny. He said on Wednesday that he would not comment further while legal proceedings remain ongoing.
Russia has released Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired American teacher from Michigan held for more than four years after being detained by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
A female dusky shark trapped in a canal in Busan, South Korea, for more than a month has finally returned to the open sea after a successful rescue operation on Wednesday (21 October), following two failed attempts.
The world is on course for dangerous levels of global warming despite international climate pledges, with greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs and the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target increasingly out of reach, according to a UN assessment.
The European Union has unveiled a new Arctic strategy to bolster regional security, with plans to expand satellite surveillance, protect undersea infrastructure and help member states acquire more icebreakers.
Saudi Arabia has executed two Bangladeshi nationals over an alleged “indecent act” inside a mosque in Mecca, reportedly without notifying Bangladesh in advance, prompting questions from officials in Dhaka.
A viral online game in which players dodge police checkpoints and risk detention on their way to a protest in New Delhi is turning political frustration into satire, as young Indians find new ways to challenge the authorities.
North Korea has instructed troops stationed along its border with South Korea to take “prompt and resolute action” if their safety is threatened, state media reported on Wednesday, further raising tensions along the heavily fortified frontier.
Georgia’s Constitutional Court in Batumi will on Wednesday hear a lawsuit seeking to ban five Georgian opposition parties, four of which collectively gained 784,820 votes (37.79 per cent) in the country’s last national elections in 2024.
Israel's 27 October parliamentary election could reshape the country's political future, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a serious challenge from former military chief Gadi Eisenkot and a potentially decisive battle over coalition-building.
Nigerian health authorities have confirmed a case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), prompting the activation of emergency public health measures aimed at preventing further transmission of the deadly virus.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
