North Korea has fired two medium-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korean and Japanese officials. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the launches, fired about 50 minutes apart, took place from North

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his military chiefs on the same day his forces launched another wave of missiles at Ukraine's infrastructure. Mr Putin spent most of Friday at the headquarters of the "special military operation" discussing ideas for what

Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a senior police officer was gunned down, the country’s security agency said Saturday. Col. Abdul Razzaq Dalabeh, the deputy police chief of Maan province, died of a gunshot

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country. Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks

The death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to rise following heavy rain and extreme flooding that have ravaged the country in recent days. At least 169 people have died as a result of destructive rains in the capital Kinshasa, the United Nations Office for the

A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets. The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 tropical fish - is 14m high (46 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical

A senior Jordanian police officer was killed on Thursday during clashes with demonstrators in the southern city of Maan during protests over high fuel prices, a police source said. The officer died after being shot by unknown assailants during clashes in the Husseiniya area of Maan.

Dozens of people, including a United States citizen, have been released in the latest prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine, nearly 10 months into a grinding war that began after Moscow invaded its neighbour. The latest exchange included 64 Ukrainian soldiers and a US national

The noise from the jet engines reverberates across Taichung, drowning out the sounds from the congested traffic and continuing construction as a squadron of F-16 fighters roars past the rooftops of the city’s skyscrapers. The planes quickly disappear behind the light cover of

Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency Wednesday over violent protests against the ouster and arrest of ex-president Pedro Castillo that have left seven people dead. Castillo's supporters have taken to the streets and set up roadblocks countrywide in protests that have also

At least five police officers were killed and 41 others wounded Saturday when alleged drug traffickers detonated a bomb at a station in the northern city of Barranquilla, hours after a car explosion ripped through a security post near the border in neighboring Ecuador. There was no

Ukraine has said it had shot down more than a dozen Iranian-made drones in Moscow's latest assault on Kyiv. The attack came as the Kremlin promised no let-up to fighting over Christmas and as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged European leaders to assist in setting up a

A French court on Tuesday jailed eight suspects charged in the harrowing 2016 attack in Nice, in which a suspected Islamist terrorist ploughed his truck into a crowd celebrating the 14 July national holiday resulting in the deaths of 86 people. The judge's verdict followed 3 1/2

The United States is finalising plans to send its sophisticated Patriot air defence system to Ukraine following an urgent request from Kyiv, which wants more robust weapons to shoot down Russian missiles and drones that have devastated the country’s energy infrastructure and left

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail by a judge in the Bahamas. US authorities charged Mr Bankman-Fried with "one of the biggest financial frauds in US history" on Tuesday. The ex-FTX boss built a "house of cards

Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor to the Government of India, praised Bangladesh for its national security and development. "The success in combating terrorism in Bangladesh is praise worthy and it is replicable worldwide. Bangladesh is our permanent partner in peace and

The Bahamas police have arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the country's attorney general has said. He will appear in a magistrates court in The Bahamas on Tuesday, authorities in the Caribbean country said. Police said Mr

The US Air Force announced Monday it successfully tested a hypersonic missile, a cutting edge strategic weapon that is also being developed by China and Russia. The AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was launched from a B-52H bomber on Friday off California's coast

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a year-end news conference this year, the Kremlin has said, suspending an annual tradition that dates back to the early years of his presidency. “There will not be [a news conference] before the New Year,” Kremlin spokesman

Six people were killed, including two police officers, at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday (Dec 12), after police visited the place to investigate reports of a missing person. Initial information indicated the officers were shot by two