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Five dead as freight lorry and bus crash near South Korean capital

A freight lorry crashed with a bus on a road near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that killed at...

US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising threat from China

The US has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The state department on Wednesday...

Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline firm given stay of bankruptcy

A Swiss court has granted a six-month “stay of bankruptcy” to the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built...

West Bank settlements ‘top priority’ for Netanyahu government

Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line government has put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its list of priorities a day before it is...

Vatican says health of retired pope Benedict XVI ‘worsening’

The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has worsened due to his age, and doctors are constantly monitoring the 95-year-old’s condition, the Vatican has...

UN human rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. Taliban...

Co-leader of Michigan governor kidnapping plot jailed for 16 years

The co-leader of a plot to kidnap US governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the...

Serbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo

Serbians have erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and defied international demands to remove others put up earlier, a day after Belgrade placed its...

Paris shooting suspect wanted to kill migrants, prosecutors say

The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris ahead of Christmas weekend told investigators that he had set out that morning aiming...

China sends 71 warplanes and seven ships towards Taiwan in 24 hours

China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships towards Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defence ministry said...

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