Five European Union countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed non-EU country to host a "return hub" for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, with a targeted start date of January 1, a Danish minister said Friday.
Iraq remains one of Iran’s most important regional economic and financial links as Washington expands pressure on Tehran and entities accused of supporting it. Iraq’s close political and commercial ties with Iran, along with the influence of Iran-backed armed groups in parts of the economy, give Tehran access to tra…
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has blasted his Jordanian counterpart for criticising Iran's retaliatory strikes on countries in the region.
Reform UK's annual conference is under way in Birmingham - a chance for the party to talk about its policies and what it hopes to do should it win a future general election.
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to David A Graham of the Atlantic about why Jon Ossoff decided to take the fight to Donald Trump in August, and why this has rattled Republicans
Households should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has warned.
The world’s elderly population has overtaken the number of young children for the first time in human history, according to a new US Census Bureau report. Europe, already the world’s oldest region, is at the forefront of the trend. People aged 65 and over accounted for 10.5% of the global population in 2025, surpass…
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- A government-experts panel selected Friday three former senior prosecutors and one former judge as candidates to lead a new investigative agency for serious crimes.
The gap between Israel’s diplomatic relations with several European countries and the security ties they continue to maintain with Jerusalem is widening. Even countries that have escalated their rhetoric, imposed sanctions, and limited political ties with Israel are not rushing to abandon Israeli weapons systems, te…
Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin said that he fully forgave Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for the harsh comments made against him in the past, while discussing their parties' joint run in the upcoming election with 103FM on Thursday.
Dae’Quan Wright, ala cerrada de los Browns de Cleveland, calienta previo a un partido de pretemporada de la NFL en contra de los Bills de Buffalo, el sábado 22 de agosto de 2026, en Cleveland. (AP Foto/Carolyn Kaster)
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has signed teenage forward Djylian N’Guessan from French side Saint-Etienne, the Premier League club said on Friday.
An Israeli citizen was indicted for unspecified actions threatening national security undertaken on behalf of a foreign government, the State Prosecutor's Office publicized on Friday.
MK Tally Gotliv will be given the second place on Otzma Yehudit's list for the upcoming Knesset elections, party leader and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced at a press conference on Friday.
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has designated the whole southeastern city of Tongyeong as a special disaster zone eligible for government support after torrential rains battered the region, a presidential spokesperson said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro dispelled claims that no government funding was allocated for Davao City for four years.
MANILA, Philippines — PLDT High Speed Hitters snapped a two-game dry spell after a four-set win over the Farm Fresh Foxies, 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational Conference on Friday afternoon at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.
A points-based visa system, 'national priority' for Spaniards in housing and welfare, tougher citizenship rules? These are just some of the possible outcomes of a PP-Vox government, which polls suggest is possible following next year's general election.
As New York City prepares to mark 25 years since the September 11 terror attack, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed his desire to make sure as much information about the attack as possible is available to the public, to keep the memorial focused on solemn remembrance rather than politics, during an intervi…
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
The High Court of Justice froze on Thursday the provisions allowing the government to begin implementing a law restructuring the Police Investigation Department, blocking appointments to the department’s new leadership and work on its separate budget while challenges to the law remain pending.
The Coalition and One Nation are both gearing up to fight Labor’s social media regulations to be unveiled next week, warning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against any moves that might curb free speech.
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- A lawmaker of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) proposed a bill Friday that would require proportional representation lawmakers to give up their parliamentary seats in order to serve as Cabinet members.
Concern is mounting within the IDF Southern Command that commanders in Hamas’s military wing could carry out a guerrilla operation against IDF outposts or patrols along the Yellow Line in response to a series of targeted strikes and the capture of a senior Hamas official earlier this week, sources told Walla on Thur…
A German backpacker has revealed how she considered drinking her own urine, slept in caves and suffered hallucinations during her extraordinary 12-day fight for survival in Western Australia’s outback.
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s parliament in late August passed legislation that, for the first time, spells out in statute the powers of the country’s most senior military office, continuing a restructuring of the military’s command structure that began with last November’s 27th constitutional amendment.
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of unionized workers from state-run banks staged a massive street rally Friday in central Seoul to protest the government's possible plan to relocate their headquarters out of Seoul.
Dr. Ruth Bar is the most famous anonymous woman you have never heard of. On January 14, 1993, Benjamin Netanyahu, sweating and somber, burst into the studio of Israel's Channel 1 television to confess live on air that he had conducted an extramarital affair with the strategic adviser working for him in the race for …