A leading humanitarian group criticised Greece Thursday after its government announced it would pause for three months all asylum hearings for people arriving in boats from North Africa, to deter a ...

Ukraine said that one of its security service members was killed Thursday in central Kyiv, in what appeared to be the most recent targeted attack on security personnel since Russia invaded. Moscow has ...

In jihadist-threatened north Benin, the army is waging a campaign away from the front -- a programme of social projects, including free veterinary care, to tempt locals away from extremism. Located ...

Oklahoma City Thunder star center Chet Holmgren has agreed to a five-year maximum rookie contract extension with the NBA champion franchise worth up to $250 million, US media reported Wednesday. ESPN, ...

Russia pummelled Ukraine Wednesday with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, hours after US President Donald Trump launched an expletive-filled attack on Russian ...

Linda Yaccarino resigned Wednesday as CEO of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, after two years at the helm of the Elon Musk-owned company. In a statement posted on the platform, ...

Kenyan President William Ruto warned Wednesday against attempts to "overthrow" the government through "unconstitutional means" and ordered police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 ...

More than a hundred Palestinians displaced from refugee camps by an ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank gathered in the city of Tulkarem on Wednesday to protest the army's ...

A man injured during a huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb last week died on Wednesday, a local administration official told AFP. The 35-year-old, who worked at the gas station in the ...

Russia pummelled Ukraine with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, claiming to have targeted an airfield in a region bordering EU and NATO member Poland. The strike ...

Stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, while keeping an eye on trade talks after the US president warned he would not again extend a deadline to reach ...

Five people are missing after a house was buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest China on Wednesday, authorities and state media said. The landslide in Xuyong county in Sichuan ...