Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries.
Ukraine would be slated to join the European Union by January 1 2027 under a peace proposal being discussed as part of US-mediated negotiations.
An Indian-origin millionaire, Vikram Beri, was arrested in the United States for allegedly trying to set fire to a winery in California. While trying to flee, he intentionally crashed into two parked cars.
YouTube has hit pause on a dating show that whisked eight men and women from deeply conservative Pakistan to a sun-soaked Istanbul villa, where the strangers mingled, flirted and searched for chemistry.
Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February's general election, charges dismissed by Russia as "absurd" and "baseless".
Rains drenched Gaza's tent camps, and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as winter storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory.
The European Union looked set on Friday to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe, removing a big obstacle to using the cash to help Ukraine defend itself against Moscow's invasion.
Ukraine's special forces said on Friday they had conducted an operation alongside what they described as a local resistance movement to hit two Russian ships transporting weapons and military equipment in the Caspian sea.
A moving scene unfolded in the European Parliament in Brussels when an interpreter broke down mid-sentence while translating the testimony of an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who survived a Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Vinnytsia.
Critically ill former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who has been living in self-exile in London for 17 years, will return to Bangladesh on December 25, the BNP said on Friday.
For the first time since Partition, Sanskrit has quietly made its way back into classrooms in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Controversial British adult film star Bonnie Blue will be deported from Indonesia's Bali island, an immigration official said Friday, after earlier receiving a small fine for traffic violations.
A series of Israeli strikes hit south and east Lebanon on Friday, state media reported, as Israel's army said it was targeting Hezbollah sites, the latest such raids despite a year-old ceasefire.
Turkey and the United States are discussing the US sanctions and obstacles to Ankara rejoining the F-35 jet programme but nothing has changed with respect to its possession of Russian S-400 air defences, the defence ministry said on Friday.
Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee released 19 photos out of the 95,000 they received from the estate of Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges.
Jemima Goldsmith, the ex-wife of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, publicly appealed to X owner Elon Musk on Friday, alleging that her posts about Khan's situation are being suppressed on the platform.
Iranian security forces on Friday "violently" arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.
According to a video shared by RT India, Sharif ended up walking into a closed-door meeting between Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his own scheduled bilateral with the Russian leader was delayed.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans face flooding of their tents and shelters by heavy rains, and materials for shelters and sandbags are not being allowed to enter the enclave, the UN International Organization for Migration said on Friday.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised U.S. proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked out of a US courthouse without being arrested by immigration authorities.
We look at the sectarianism that persists in Lebanon, undermining the country's unity.
Desperate Gaza families already displaced by Israel’s war face deadly collapses and freezing conditions as storm hits.
Politicians say ECHR out of date while opponents argue human rights at risk.
Families of South Africans allegedly lured into joining Russia’s military say their loved ones are stranded in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked soldiers on the frontlines for retaking northern districts of Kupiansk.
Singer's statement follows walkout by 5 countries after organisers cleared Israel to participate in next year's contest.
How the acquisition of the legendary Hollywood studio Warner Bros could reshape the media landscape.
Trump has championed 90,000-square-foot addition, as critics say his has circumvented legally required approvals.
Athletics Integrity Unit Chair David Howman delivered the warning about the system's inability to outsmart cheats.
House Democrats urge White House to end 'cover-up' of Jeffry Epstein case and bring justice to sex abuse victims.
We compare and contrast Putin’s call for elections in Ukraine with criticism that Russia’s own elections are unfair.
Neither side has independently confirmed agreement, which comes amid five-day flare-up of cross-border fighting.
Football, under French colonial rule, was built to exclude them. So Algerians built their own club.
Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein's regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.
Rights groups say Mohammadi, who won 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, was detained at ceremony in northeastern city of Mashhad.
Nearly a million people have been displaced after flood waters devastated three provinces in Indonesia, including Aceh.
Holders Liverpool host Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday but the spotlight is on ongoing Mohamed Salah saga.
Palestinians in Gaza fled bombardment with what little they could carry. Those items are now destroyed by flooding.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says Maduro's presidency will end, aims for peaceful transition in Venezuela.
The move, slammed by Hungary, is a key step in a plan to use the funds to underwrite a loan to Ukraine.
India will defend their T20 World Cup title at the 2026 edition starting February, but form eludes captain and deputy.
Ukraine's troops hail advance, a month after Putin claimed town was 'practically' in Russia's hands.
As M23 rebels capture strategic city Uvira despite Trump peace deal, displaced families recount chaos and death.
Rescuers pulled bodies from under the rubble of a collapsed house in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya after heavy rain and winds.