Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020. A judge had already found Mr Giuliani liable of making defamatory claims about Georgia poll

The Israeli military says it has mistakenly killed three hostages during its campaign in Gaza after they were mis-identified as a "threat". They were named as Yotam Haim, 28, Samer Talalka, 22, and Alon Shamriz, 26. The military shared its remorse and said the three were

Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and injured several others in a nighttime attack on a police station in southeastern Iran, state TV said Friday. The deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Ali Reza Marhemati, said senior police officers and soldiers

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an AI-generated version of himself. The "double" took the opportunity to put a question to Putin about artificial intelligence during an annual news conference where dozens of

A Pakistani court has announced that the trial of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his foreign minister will be held behind closed doors in a case that accuses them of exposing state secrets. The announcement was made during the first hearing at a jail in the northeastern

The US agreed on a defense cooperation agreement with Finland, NATO’s newest member, allowing the world’s mightiest military power to access strategic military bases in the Nordic country as well as to store defense materials. The agreement means the US commits to defending

Fifteen Indian opposition MPs have been suspended after they protested against a security breach in the parliament. At least four people were arrested after two intruders shouted slogans and set off coloured smoke inside parliament. Their motive remains unclear. The federal home

A volley of Russian missiles wounded several people and damaged a children’s hospital on Wednesday, the worst attack on Kyiv in months, Ukrainian officials said, as the country pleads for Western military aid. Journalists in the capital heard several explosions before dawn, and

House Republicans formally authorized their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday, taking their most significant step toward impeaching the president. The House voted along party lines by a vote of 221-212 to green light the inquiry. Republicans have alleged the

Nine Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza City after Palestinian militants ambushed them as part of Hamas’s fight against Israel’s continued ground and air offensive, officials announced Wednesday. The attack occurred Tuesday while Israeli troops with the Golani Brigade

An alliance of Myanmar ethnic minority groups said Wednesday it would fight to end the country's "dictatorship", days after the junta said it had held talks with the alliance facilitated by China. Clashes have raged across Myanmar's northern Shan state after the

EU leaders will face off against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday as he threatens to veto a massive aid package and a start to membership talks for Ukraine. The crunch summit in Brussels — which diplomats fear could drag on longer than the two days planned

Delegates at the United Nations COP28 climate talks in Dubai have agreed to a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber hailed the deal, approved by almost 200

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, in a rebuke to the United States which has repeatedly blocked ceasefire calls in the UN’s Security Council. A majority of 153 nations voted for the ceasefire resolution

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Israel is losing support over its "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza and that Benjamin Netanyahu should change, exposing a new rift in relations with the Israeli prime minister. Biden's remarks at a fundraising event for his

Australia has voted in favour of a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after the prime minister called for a “sustainable ceasefire” with his Canadian and New Zealand counterparts. The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (AEDT) passed a

Yemen’s Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea on Tuesday. Earlier, they threatened to attack any Israel-bound ships and warships that follow them. The Houthi attack comes as the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy

Militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 security officials and wounding several more, two security officials said, with a Pakistani Taliban group claiming responsibility. “The attack in the district of

Germany’s center-right opposition took a step toward cementing a harder line on migration on Monday with the presentation of a new policy program calling for a sweeping overhaul of asylum rules. “We want to regain control of migration,” Mario Voigt, the head of the

Poland's parliament has elected centrist party leader Donald Tusk as prime minister, paving the way for a new pro-EU government after eight years of stormy national conservative rule. Tusk became prime minister on Monday nearly two months after a national election that was won by a