At least 28 people, including children, have died in a wave of Israeli military strikes throughout the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. A school sheltering displaced families was among the facilities struck, killing eight people including four children over the

An American fighter jet has been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the US military has said. Both crew from the US Navy F/A-18 Hornet ejected safely, with one suffering minor injuries, according to Central Command. The incident came after

At least 10 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine in Iran’s western Lorestan province on Saturday, state media reported. “Aid and rescue teams have been dispatched to the area,” Mohammad Ghadami, the provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, told

At least 38 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a “terrible tragedy.” Civil police confirmed 38 fatalities with nine people hospitalized. According to preliminary

Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy. The attack

The health ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that at least 45,227 people have been killed during more than 14 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page. The toll includes 21 deaths in the

Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as “cruelty,” a day after the territory’s rescue agency said an Israeli air strike killed seven children from one family. Gaza’s civil defense rescue agency reported that an Israeli air strike

There are no signs that the war in Sudan is slowing down after 20 months, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday, saying that funds are insufficient to handle the recent surge in arrivals in South Sudan, which is overwhelming services in border areas. UNHCR Representative in

At least 13 people were killed and three injured on Friday when a truck and a bus collided on a highway in the Bolivian Andes, police said. Initial investigations suggested the truck driver lost control and collided with the bus, though police were still probing the crash on the road

Pakistan militants launched a brazen overnight raid on an army post near the Afghan border, two intelligence officials said Saturday, killing 16 soldiers and critically wounding five more. “Over 30 militants attacked an army post” in the Makeen area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least two people are dead and as many as 68 injured after a car rammed into a crowded Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, the capital of the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Officials on Friday night described the incident as an intentional attack and announced that the

The US Senate has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first federal government shutdown since 2019, only hours after the lower House of Representatives approved the same legislation. The budget deal was passed shortly after a midnight deadline with an overwhelming of

A key role of the City Minister is to fight corruption in Britain’s financial sector. So how troubling that the current incumbent of this Treasury post is herself under investigation for embezzlement. Tulip Siddiq is being probed over a claim she and her family siphoned off

Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. Japan’s probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two months ago that water containing PFOS

The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbours or to the West. In an interview with the BBC in Damascus, he called for sanctions on Syria to be lifted. "Now, after all that has happened, sanctions

At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP has said. Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament was briefed by the country's National Intelligence

At least 13 people have been killed after an Indian naval vessel lost control and hit a passenger ferry off the coast of Mumbai, a navy spokesperson said. "This afternoon, an #IndianNavy craft lost control while undertaking engine trials in Mumbai Harbour due to engine

Britain on Thursday unveiled a package of £225 million ($286 million) in new military aid to Ukraine for next year, including drones, boats and air defense systems. The move came after the UK’s Defense Secretary John Healey visited Kyiv on Wednesday, holding talks with his

Canada has promised to implement a set of sweeping new security measures along the country's US border, including strengthened surveillance and a joint "strike force" to target transnational organised crime. The pledge follows a threat from President-elect Donald Trump to

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Tuesday has risen to 14, as search teams claw through piles of rubble in an attempt to locate survivors. Two hundred others are being treated for injuries, with powerful aftershocks from the 7.3-magnitude tremor reported