China launches spacecraft it says will collect samples from asteroid near Mars

China earlier returned rock samples from the moon's far side back to Earth in a historic mission and has welcomed international cooperation.

China has launched a...

Israel approves construction of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank

The expansion will include the legalisation of outposts already established by Israeli settlers without official Israeli government approval.

Israel says it plan...

Benjamin Netanyahu accepts US' latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli media say

It comes after Middle East envoy Witkoff said earlier this week that he was optimistic about brokering an agreement to end more than 19 months of war in Gaza.

Is...

Worry among Chinese students as US announces plans to revoke some visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said visa rules would also be tightened to increase scrutiny of applicants from China and Hong Kong.

Chinese students studying in ...

Nepal's mountaineering community marks 72 years since conquest of Everest summit

Nepal contains eight of the highest peaks in the world and every year hundreds of foreign climbers fly to the country in South Asia to tackle the mountains.

Nepa...

Uzbekistan and Slovenia strengthen ties with new trade and cooperation agreements

Uzbekistan is Slovenia's second-largest foreign trade partner in Central Asia, and the two plan to increase trade turnover to €500 million by further expanding th...

Police in Indonesia arrest Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine into Bali

The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad.

Authorities in Indonesia have arrested...

Ukraine and Russia set for the second round of Istanbul talks

Moscow proposed to Ukraine to meet again in Istanbul for the second round of talks next Monday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he presented Russia’s "specifi...

South Korean P3-C Orion navy plane crash kills all four crew members, investigation under way

An emergency office in Pohang said that rescuers and fire trucks were dispatched to the P3-C Orion crash site after receiving reports from residents that an aircr...

Spain announces €530m plan to protect communities against extreme weather events

The scheme comes seven months after 233 people died in deadly flash floods in Valencia.

The Spanish government has announced a 530-million euro plan to protect c...

Four killed after hundreds of starved Palestinians storm UN warehouse as aid trickles into Gaza

It comes a day after Israeli forces opened fire near thousands of Palestinians after the crowd overwhelmed an aid centre.

At least two people died and others wer...

Federal court blocks Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs

A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt T...

Tesla boss Elon Musk announces he's leaving the Trump administration

Musk says he hopes the DOGE mission will only “strengthen over time” and become a “way of life in the government” as he announces his stepping back from the cost-...

US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs

The New York-based US Court of International Trade delivered the ruling dealing a crucial blow to President Trump’s signature set of economic policies which have ...

'Jury is still out' on US-Iran nuclear talks outcome, says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi

Although it remains to be seen whether a deal will be reached, the ongoing discussions between Washington and Tehran are a positive sign, according to Rafael Gros...

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to revisit Ukraine and Russia imminently

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, briefed a few journalists attending a seminar at the Vienna-based agency.

The head of the In...

Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar 'eliminated' by Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu says

Mohammed Sinwar was the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel who was killed last year.

Israel has ...

Australian whistleblower David McBride loses appeal over Afghan war crimes leak

Ex-military officer was jailed for leaking classified documents about allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media.

David McBride, a former A...

Maradona trial judge withdraws amid TV documentary controversy

Julieta Makintach was accused of behaving "like an actress, not a judge" for taking part in a documentary about the trial of Argentinian football legend's medical...

Fearing Trump ire, corporate America ditches Pride month

After many years of sponsoring traditional Pride events in the United States, some big companies are yielding to pressure from the Trump administration to ditch D...

Russia gathers 50,000 troops at Ukrainian border near Sumy, Zelenskyy says

Russia is amassing thousands of troops at the border with Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, the Ukrainian president said, amid reports from the Ukrainian milita...