Japan is carrying out its biggest military buildup since World War II, with Tokyo citing China's expanding military capabilities and increasingly assertive regional activities as the main reason for the shift in its defence strategy.
Nauru, the world’s third smallest country, has changed its name to Naoero, the Pacific island nation’s President said. The new name corresponds to the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.
Ariana Grande says she will step back from public-facing work after her Eternal Sunshine Tour ends next month, marking a temporary pause in one of pop culture's most visible and closely scrutinised careers.
President Ilham Aliyev arrived in the Kyrgyz Republic on Wednesday for a state visit focused on expanding economic cooperation, transport connectivity and political coordination between the two Turkic nations.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a missile that crashed in eastern Poland overnight was most likely Russian, after the incident prompted the country to scramble fighter jets and place its air defences on high alert.
Kazakhstan’s main oil export corridor has been disrupted again after drone strikes near Russia’s Black Sea coast forced a temporary suspension of crude loadings, raising fresh concerns over the vulnerability of regional energy infrastructure to the war in Ukraine.
For more than two decades, Iran-backed armed groups have become some of the most powerful players in Iraq.
Europe is experiencing prolonged extreme heat, with temperatures in several countries exceeding 40°C as a large-scale weather pattern remains locked in place.
The U.S. government has announced a major plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up scientific discoveries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held a productive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, with talks focusing on air defence cooperation and efforts to advance diplomatic negotiations.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appealed directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin to help resolve a trade dispute that has disrupted Armenian exports to Russia, adding to tensions in the increasingly strained relationship between the two countries.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 3,200, including 1,405 deaths, according to government data released on Sunday, highlighting the scale of an outbreak that continues to challenge health authorities and aid agencies.
Venezuela has formally notified the United Nations that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), ending its participation in the Hague-based tribunal as it continues to reject an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in the country.
The International Criminal Court has voted to remove its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, bringing a dramatic end to a controversy that has shaken the world's highest war crimes tribunal in recent times.
President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated what he called an "historic milestone" for civilian nuclear energy, announcing that four American companies had successfully achieved criticality for advanced reactor designs by the 4 July deadline he set last year.
A deal signed by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia which would allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme will only take effect if Riyadh normalises relations with Israel, President Donald Trump has said.
The European Commission has slapped a $1 billion dollar fine on Google for violating its strict antitrust law, marking the first time the tech giant has faced financial punishment under the bloc's Digital Markets Act.
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has held talks with Ruslan Edelgeriev, Russia's presidential aide and special representative on climate issues, focusing on environmental cooperation, climate diplomacy and the future of collaboration in the Caspian region.
In el-Obeid, the capital of Sudan's North Kordofan state, residents are contending with a month of intense drone attacks, a near-total siege and the spread of a disease that has already killed 120 people elsewhere in the country.
The Trump administration is pressing ahead with a new tariff regime affecting 60 countries and the European Union, replacing temporary import duties that expire on Friday and reviving a cornerstone of President Donald Trump's trade agenda.
U.S. President Donald Trump has praised Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for his handling of security challenges and efforts to combat violence, according to a letter released by Nigeria's presidency on Wednesday.
Belarus has two big refineries, but is it secretly serving as a back door for Russian oil? We dig into EU sanctions, shipment data and refinery trends to get a clear picture.
Rescue teams in Afghanistan were searching for survivors and recovering bodies on Tuesday after devastating flash floods swept through the eastern province of Nuristan, killing at least 23 people and leaving more than 100 others missing.
Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress known for her role as Jia in the Godzilla film franchise, has died following a car crash in Maryland at the age of 18.
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