Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government and that of Russia have instructed their respective energy authorities to immediately begin technical studies on a Russian proposal that would turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin this week

Debt-laden Sri Lanka has been buying up large amounts of discounted Russian oil amid an economic meltdown that sent the country into default for the first time in May. Since March, the Asian country has been buying so much Russian oil that those barrels account for all its imports,

A shooting Thursday in North Carolina's capital Raleigh left at least five people dead, including an off-duty police officer, officials in the southeast US city said, adding that a suspect had been captured. Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said the shooting occurred near the Neuse

North Korea early on October 14 launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. South Korea’s military also said it

The Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split verdict in the Karnataka hijab ban case with one of the judges upholding the March 15 high court order validating the ban and the other setting aside the HC ruling and calling wearing of the apparel a “matter of…choice”.

Ukraine's Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv, after a spate of Russian missile strikes. The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the Netherlands includes missiles and radars. The US earlier made a similar pledge. One

The world’s wildlife populations have suffered a “devastating” decline in the past 50 years as humans have cleared forests and polluted the air, land and sea, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) latest Living Planet Report. The landmark report (PDF),

Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini’s death in a crackdown that rights groups say has already cost at least 108 lives with many children among the dead. The chants of protesters were interrupted by the crack of gunfire in

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and urged countries not to recognise the move. In Wednesday’s vote, three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly

One of the world's most seasoned politicians, Mahathir Mohamad, is to run for parliament in Malaysia's general election - even though he's 97. Mr Mahathir has been prime minister of Malaysia twice, the first time for a 22-year stint. He was appointed again in 2018 when he

A military-controlled court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to three more years in prison after she was found guilty of accepting bribes from a local businessman, according to a person familiar with the matter.  The 77-year-old Nobel peace laureate was

At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reported. The worst of the monsoon rains hit Karnali province in the north-west, where thousands of residents were evacuated, officials said. Hundreds of homes have been damaged

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government would consider providing military training to Ukrainian forces in their war with Russia. The prime minister told Australian media on Wednesday he had spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday about

About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the government said Tuesday after ruling out a rescue effort in the area's shark-filled waters. Two "super pods" of the dolphin-related cetaceans beached on two islands in the

Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its most widespread strikes against Ukraine in months, a lethal barrage that smashed civilian targets, knocked out power and water, shattered buildings and killed at least 14 people. Ukraine’s Emergency

North Korea has said its recent barrage of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, and a response to joint United States-South Korea naval exercises. North Korea carried out its seventh launch in two weeks when it fired two

The death toll from tropical storm Julia rose to at least 25 on Monday, officials said, with most victims coming from El Salvador and Guatemala, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico. Salvadoran authorities reported the deaths of

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has called early elections after months of political in-fighting among politicians in his ruling coalition. Speaking on state television on Monday, Ismail Sabri said the date of the election, which has to be held within 60 days of

A series of blasts rocked Kyiv on Monday morning, with some strikes landing in the heart of the Ukrainian capital’s downtown during rush hour, and rocket attacks were reported in cities across the country, as Russia apparently sought to take revenge for the explosion Saturday on the

A landslide in central Venezuela left at least 22 people dead and more than 50 missing after heavy rains caused a river to overflow, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez said Sunday. "We are seeing very significant damage here, human losses: so far, we have already found 22 dead, there