50+ min ago  (356+ words) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for insurrection. Yoon declared martial law in 2024 in what prosecutors said was a bid to stay in power. They had sought the death penalty for the…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (374+ words) US President Donald Trump has set a ten-day deadline for Iran to reach a nuclear deal with Washington, saying that failure to comply could trigger decisive measures. The warning comes as the US accelerated its troop buildup in the Middle…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago  (339+ words) A report by The Economist about a Russian offer to the US of $12 trillion in deals in exchange for sanctions relief is "fake news," Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has said. Since returning to the White House…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (312+ words) The actual number of violent deaths in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war substantially exceeded official figures, according to an independent population-based survey conducted during the conflict. The findings, published in The Lancet Global Health this week, suggest that the estimated…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (229+ words) Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania are ready to deploy peacekeeping forces to Gaza, US Major-General Jasper Jeffers has said during the first "Board of Peace" meeting in Washington on Thursday. The troops are to serve in the International Stabilization…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (642+ words) Hungary and Slovakia have warned they could cut off electricity and other energy supplies to Ukraine in response to Kiev halting the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovak leader Robert Fico…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (760+ words) Since the end of 2025, the security situation in South Sudan, the youngest country in Africa, has sharply deteriorated, raising fears of a new civil war. Jonglei State, located near the Ethiopian border, has been particularly hard-hit by violence. The renewed…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1031+ words) US President Donald Trump has convened a new "Board of Peace" to guide what he calls Gaza stabilization and reconstruction, drawing participation from dozens of countries across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. While some key US allies are joining,…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago  (365+ words) US Senator Lindsey Graham has publicly mocked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissing his military threats as Washington and Tehran remain locked in high-stakes nuclear negotiations. In a post on X on Tuesday, Khamenei warned about US warships being…...

7+ hour ago  (356+ words) Russia will help foreign citizens who have expertise in various fields to move to the country, President Vladimir Putin has promised. In 2024, Putin signed a decree making it easier for foreigners who reject the "neoliberal ideological orientation" of their countries…...