Heavy police presence at Faridpur rally after violence erupts between security forces and supporters of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina.Authorities in Bangladesh have imposed heavy security measures to prevent a repeat of further political violence, after clashes between security forces and supporters of deposed...
The Syrian government has announced that local leaders will take control of security in the southern city of Suwayda in an attempt to defuse violence that has killed hundreds of people and triggered Israeli military intervention.
Syrian forces had entered Suwayda, reportedly to oversee...
Here are the key events on day 1,239 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Thursday, July 17:
Fighting
A Russian air raid on a shopping centre and market in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, killed at least two people, wounded 22 others and...
Japan has accused China of expanding its military reach and threatening regional stability.
For the first time, Tokyo says a Chinese military aircraft entered its airspace.
The incident is detailed in Japan’s latest defence white paper.
It warns Beijing has also ramped up naval and air...
The government of the tiny, landlocked African country of Eswatini has confirmed that it received five individuals deported from the United States under President Donald Trump.
In a statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Eswatini government said the deportations were “the result of...
The airport, which has not been operational since the group seized Mosul in 2014, will have a main terminal and VIP lounge.Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the northern city of Mosul’s newly restored airport, more than a decade after it...