KYIV, Sept 15 - Ukrainian forces have launched an offensive operation in the north of the eastern Donetsk region, the focal point of intense battles during more than four years of the war, a senior military commander said on Tuesday.
A woman walks past a campaign poster for the United Russia party ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
LONDON, Sept 12 - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's position on Irish unification remains unchanged, a spokesperson for his office said on Saturday, following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that he would \"love\" to see a united Ireland.
GENEVA, Sept 15 - The World Trade Organization on Tuesday urged its members to reform global trade rules or risk a slide into fragmentation that could significantly reduce economic output and hit poorer countries hardest.
GENEVA, Sept 15 - The recovery of hundreds of bodies from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza during the war that began nearly three years ago has raised fresh concerns about possible war crimes, the U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday.
Sept 15 - U.S. envoy John Coale, tasked by President Donald Trump with negotiating the release of political prisoners in Belarus, returned to Minsk on Tuesday for his first talks in six months with President Alexander Lukashenko.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 15 - Suspected sabotage disrupted train services across central and northern parts of the Netherlands during the morning rush hour on Tuesday after objects were placed on tracks, Dutch rail infrastructure operator ProRail said.
Data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter is used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus.
GENEVA, Sept 15 - Belarusian state institutions have worked together to repress critics of President Alexander Lukashenko's government through every stage of the justice system since 2020, including arrests, imprisonment and surveillance, U.N. experts said on Tuesday.
COPENHAGEN, Sept 15 - A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Danish military helicopter in international waters off the coast of Denmark, narrowly missing the aircraft on Monday, the Nordic NATO member's military said.
KYIV/LONDON, Sept 15 - In early July, Ukraine's military invited a large group of producers to test a new generation of interceptors developed to counter the jet-powered attack drones Russia has used to devastating effect in recent months.
MOSCOW, Sept 15 - Russia holds a parliamentary election on September 18 to 20, the first since it launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022.
The Bill would remove anti-LGBTQ+ rules prohibiting the “promotion of homosexuality” to under-18s.
Bill Gates said governments must work together to avoid problems, likening the arrival of AI to a disaster movie.
The WHO says vaccination rates need to be above 95 per cent to prevent outbreaks.
The parliamentary vote from Sept 18 to Sept 20 will be the first since Russia launched its offensive in February 2022.
The Houthis also targeted the oil infrastructure of Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading crude exporter, pushing oil prices above the US$100 threshold.
The US Space Force confirmed the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time.