More than 1,500 people have been arrested during a demonstration by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague, Dutch police said. Activists blocked a section of a motorway in the centre of the city on Saturday, in protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies. Police said

After months of campaigning by two dozen political parties, four presidential candidates and a bewildering lineup of electoral alliances, Turkish voters head to the polls, again, on Sunday, to make a critical choice between two men. The presidential run-off between incumbent Recep

Russia rejected the criticism coming from the United States President Joe Biden over Moscow's intention to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, by pointing out that the U.S. has been deploying similar nuclear weapons in Europe for many years. Russia said on Thursday it was

A British man has been jailed after spending three years fighting with Daesh in Syria. Shabazz Suleman, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had been a promising student in the UK, having recently completed his high school exams and been accepted onto a course to study at Keele

The United States conducted an airstrike that destroyed stolen Al-Shabab weapons and equipment in Somalia near an African Union military base that was attacked by the group, officials reported Saturday. The base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the capital

The academic council of Delhi University has passed a motion to drop a chapter on renowned poet and philospher, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Allama Iqbal, from the Political Science syllabus. The chapter titled 'Modern Indian Political Thought' is part of BA's

A man has been arrested for opening a door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with its door still open at Daegu International Airport on Friday. Some passengers fainted while others had

The last hours of Turkey's presidential race have turned increasingly sour as Recep Tayyip Erdogan bids to extend his 20 years in power by five more. Ahead of Sunday's run-off vote, opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu has courted nationalist votes by vowing to expel millions of

Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior security officials has told the BBC. Oleksiy Danilov would not name a date but said an assault to retake territory from President Vladimir Putin's occupying

Russia has a bright future, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, pointing to the country’s enormous resources. "As for the future, everyone actually has a future but the key question is what kind of future it will be. I am confident that Russia has a bright future.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers off eastern Chiba Prefecture on Friday at 7:03 p.m., jolting nearby areas including Tokyo. No tsunami warning was issued, according to the Meteorological

South Korean police have launched an investigation after Asiana Airlines said a passenger opened a door on a flight shortly before the aircraft landed safely in the city of Daegu on Friday. The Airbus A321 plane landed at Daegu airport at around 12:40 pm  after departing from the

Japan announced fresh sanctions against Russia on Friday over its invasion of Ukraine, targeting its military as well as the construction and engineering sectors. Russia was hit with a wave of sanctions after it sent forces into Ukraine in February last year, but calls have grown from

An und­a­u­nted Imran Khan on Thursday challenged the way his supporters are being treated over riots, urging the Supreme Court to declare the arrests, inv­e­s­tigation and trial of civi­lians in peacetime under the Army Act and the Official Secrets Act as the

The man was taken into custody outside a farm near the city of Nakano in Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight -- an elderly woman who was found injured at the scene and later pronounced dead. Another woman and two police officers were earlier confirmed dead

After months of anticipation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has officially launched his United States presidential campaign in a rocky, glitch-filled broadcast over Twitter. “We need the courage to lead and we must have the strength to win,” he said after technical issues

India's new parliament is set to be inaugurated this weekend amid a political row as 19 opposition parties say they will boycott the ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the building on Sunday. But opposition leaders say India's president, the highest

Russia’s prime minister signed a set of agreements with China on Wednesday during a trip to Beijing, describing bilateral ties at an unprecedented high, despite criticism of their relationship in the West as the war in Ukraine drags on. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the

The number of people living in modern slavery has risen sharply in the last five years, according to a new report. North Korea and Eritrea have the highest rates in the world. There has been a significant rise in the number of people becoming victims of modern slavery in recent years,

Russia said Tuesday it scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to "prevent violations of the state border" by two U.S. Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea. "Russia's airspace surveillance spotted two air targets approaching the state border of the Russian