China has once again reignited tensions with India by reiterating its unfounded cartographical claims over Jammu and Kashmir's Shaksgam Valley, stressing that the Chinese infrastructure projects in the area are "beyond reproach".

London's Metropolitan Police have intensified action against organised crime, including Turkish-linked gangs, helping reduce the city's homicide rate to its lowest level in over a decade amid broader anti-violence strategies.

A military escalation between the United States and Iran would have grave consequences for the region, Qatar said Tuesday after Washington threatened strikes in response to a government crackdown on protests in the Islamic republic.

Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days Tuesday after authorities severed communications during a crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say killed at least 646 people.

Australia has reclassified India to the highest-risk category (Assessment Level 3, or AL3) for student visas, imposing stricter documentary requirements and greater scrutiny on applications. The changes took effect on 8th January 2026.

Erfan Soltani, an Iranian protester, is facing execution as authorities move to carry out what rights groups fear could be the first hanging linked to the protests in the nation.

About 2,000 people, including security personnel, have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death count from an intense crackdown on 2 weeks of nationwide unrest.

The UN children's agency said on Tuesday that over 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the October ceasefire, including victims of drone and quadcopter attacks.

In a packed Beirut nightclub, electronic beats pulsed alongside projected videos of popes in white robes as Catholic priest Father Guilherme Peixoto spun tracks on the turntable.

Since Israel recognised Somaliland last month, the self-declared republic on the Gulf of Aden has become central to a struggle over military access, ports and regional influence across the Red Sea corridor.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday he assumes Iran's leadership is in its "final days and weeks" as it faces widespread protests.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take Greenland by force from NATO ally Denmark in order to keep the Arctic island from Beijing's hands.

The BBC intends to ask a US federal court in Florida to dismiss a $10-billion lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump against the British broadcaster, according to newly-filed court documents.

Her ascension will mark a historic shift for the Spanish monarchy, as she will be the first female monarch to rule in her own right since Queen Isabella II, whose reign ended in 1868.

Trump has reasons to be careful. Iran is not Venezuela. It is nearly as big as Western Europe and remains a military power, despite being degraded by the Israeli and the US military action last year.

Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson has offered an "unequivocal" apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for his friendship with the late US sex offender.

Gracie Mansion, on East 88th Street and East End Avenue in Yorkville, Manhattan, has stood for over two centuries. Built in 1799 by merchant Archibald Gracie, the 12,855-square-foot home overlooks a bend of the East River.

The BBC will file a motion to dismiss US President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over its editing of a speech that made it appear he had directed supporters to storm the US Capitol.

Trump's bottom line assessment seems to be that he alone can be the arbiter of any limits to his authority, and that he has the liberty to use any instrument to cement American supremacy military, economic or political

The Lashkar-e-Taiba is heading for a major split, and the situation in Pakistan could get more chaotic, Indian intelligence agencies have learnt.