Agencies : Iran has requested foreign assistance in extinguishing a large fire that has ravaged UNESCO World Heritage-listed forests in the north of the country for several days, local media reported on Saturday. The...
Agencies : Belarus, a close Russian ally, pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens, state TV said on Saturday, as part of an agreement between President Alexander Lukashenko and US counterpart Donald Trump. Trump has pushed Belarus...
Reuters : After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability...
Agencies : Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro just days before he was due to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup, officials said. Police confirmed...
NN ONLINE: European leaders are set to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday to discuss alternatives to a U.S. plan aimed at ending Russia’s war...
NN ONLINE: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pushed back against a US plan to end Russia’s invasion, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin welcomed the proposal that includes many of his hardline demands...
Agencies : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top security official denied on Friday he had agreed to the outline of a Trump administration peace plan, after US officials said he had accepted most of its...
AFP : New York’s incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after an exchange of barbs that has seized national attention. Mamdani, a...
Agencies : The European Union pressed Thursday to bolster reform of the Palestinian Authority, as Brussels hosted 60 delegations to discuss reconstruction and governance in Gaza after the US-brokered peace plan. The 27-nation bloc,...
BBC Online : Armed men posing as officials from India’s central bank have robbed a vehicle transporting 70m rupees ($800,000; £600,000) in the southern state of Karnataka, police say. A massive operation has been...
BBC : Relentless rains and floods have killed at least 41 people in central Vietnam since the weekend, while a search continues for nine still missing, state media reports. The deluge has submerged more...
Agencies : A fire forced organizers of the UN’s COP30 climate talks in Belem in northern Brazil to empty the site on Thursday. Reporters and other attendees were sent a circular note saying there...
