Uganda's army said Saturday it had suspended military cooperation with Turkey, after demands for Ankara to hand over a prominent political blogger and fierce critic of President Yoweri Museveni.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, has set out plans to transform the lives of needy communities in Zanzibar in the latest stage of a major humanitarian campaign.
Schools are being pushed to curb classroom screen time amid increasing student anxiety and declining test scores, but experts warn that hasty bans could undo the benefits of teaching with tech.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thousands of Israelis, including government officials and ministers, entered the Western Wall area in occupied East Jerusalem early Sunday, the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine said.
A large-scale overnight drone attack on Moscow by Ukraine killed at least two people and damaged a major oil refinery, Moscow’s regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said Sunday — the last day of voting in Russia’s parliamentary elections.
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The government will brief the National Assembly next week on the first investment project under South Korea's US$350 billion investment commitment to the United States, officials said Sunday.
The Czech Republic has received all four SPYDER air defense systems it purchased from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the country’s Defense Minister Jaromír Zuna announced.
An official source in the United Arab Emirates rejected claims on Saturday evening that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned him of a possible Hamas attack in the weeks leading up to October 7, 2023.
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that Tehran must fight and negotiate as its near seven-month war with the United States drags on.
The Central Elections Committee decided on Thursday that on election day (October 27) public transportation services on intercity bus lines (over 15 km) and Israel Railways will be free for the general public.
The Moroccan Front for Support of Palestine and Against Normalization (FMSPCN) called for nationwide protests against the government's "decision to deepen and expand official normalization with the Zionist entity [Israel]" from September 25 to 27, the group posted on its official social media on Friday.
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed visited a Jewish home for Rosh Hashanah last week in the wake of widespread controversy surrounding his stance on Israel and allegations of antisemitism made against him.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States fulfils its commitments under a June agreement and meets Tehran’s conditions.
The funeral followed a vigil held the previous day at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point, which drew dozens of political and business heavyweights who paid their respects to the late leader.
Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned of divisions within the country's political establishment over how to handle the war with the US, as officials disagree over the balance between military pressure and negotiations.
Two people died in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on the Moscow region and an oil refinery in Russia's capital was hit, authorities said on Sunday, as Russia enters the final day of parliamentary elections.
A parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia's war in Ukraine entered its third and final day on Sunday, with the ruling United Russia party expected to retain its dominance in a political system critics say does not tolerate dissent.
At least two people have been killed and a major refinery has been damaged as hundreds of drones targeted the Russian capital, Moscow, and its surrounding region on the final day of the country’s parliamentary elections.
Nigeria's government has appointed a 10-member independent panel to investigate the deaths of 37 people in a paramilitary civil defence force holding cell, the interior minister said Saturday.
From left to right, de facto ambassadors to Taiwan Lutz Guellner from the European Union, Ruth Bradley-Jones from the U.K., and Raymond Greene from the U.S. attend a resilience forum in Taipei on Sept. 19.
MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Sunday said it asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for an election ban exemption for fuel subsidy, “Libreng Sakay” for the Edsa (Epifanio delos Santos Avenue) busway and other programs of the agency.
Voters in two German states will go to the polls on Sunday, as far-right and far-left gains threaten to affect the political standing of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Seoul had an average of around one report of suspected ground subsidence a day since 2023, data showed Sunday, as public concern grows over a lack of government efforts to prevent fatal sinkholes in the capital.
Australians are tipping more money into their super accounts after the federal budget cut back negative gearing and overhauled capital gains tax, with major funds reporting a 35 per cent annual jump in additional contributions by members.
668 -- The Goguryeo Kingdom, which was established in 37 B.C., is conquered by troops from a coalition of Korea's Silla Kingdom and China's Tang Dynasty. Considered the forerunner of modern-day Korea, the Goguryeo Kingdom stretched from areas of what is now North Korea to Manchuria in northeast China. Royal tombs, m…
Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) went from a decade of being the main political beneficiary of the country’s post-2011 reforms to suffering a dramatic electoral defeat in 2021.
Qatar's International Media office denied reports that the nation provided funding for Hamas in Gaza in the form of "humanitarian aid" in an official statement on Friday, claiming that "these allegations are being promoted by elements of Israel’s far right and political figures in an attempt to deflect attention fro…