The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is believed to have fled the country his family has ruled over for 50 years as rebels said they had captured the capital after a lightning advance completed in j
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Islamist insurgent alliance that has captured swathes of Syria in a lightning offensive, is an extremist who has adopted a more moderate posture to try to achieve
The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over. In a matter of days, opposition forces took the major city of Aleppo before advancing southward into other government-controlled
A report from Amnesty International alleges that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes the crime of genocide under international law, the first such determination by a major human r
Germany is developing an app to help people locate the nearest bunker in the event of attack. Sweden is distributing a 32-page pamphlet titled If Crisis or War Comes. Half a million Finns have already
The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a suspected sabotage attack on undersea cables. The Swedis
3 hours ago Maia DaviesBBC News SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The changes were proposed in September and approved on Tuesday Vladimir Putin has approved changes to Russia’s nuclear doc
The governments of Norway, Sweden, and Finland have begun the distribution of informative pamphlets to citizens, providing them with advice in case of the outbreak of war or other emergency situations
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Senior US officials have held talks in Israel aimed at brokering a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, on a day when more civilians in both countries were killed in the year-long war. Lebanon’s caret
The sound of birdsong is so loud outside Yulia Mykytenko’s current home, an abandoned house somewhere in the Donbas region of Ukraine, that I can hear it through my laptop. We’re speaking on Zoom, Myk
UN says Israeli tanks forced entry into base in south Lebanon 13 October 2024 Aleks PhillipsBBC News EPA The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says Israeli tanks forced their way into one of i
North Korean military engineers have been deployed to help Russia target Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and fighters operating in occupied areas of the country have already been killed, senior offic
BEIRUT, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to a U.N. source who was not immediately able to specify t
Amid the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, Iran on Saturday was hit by heavy cyberattacks that disrupted nearly all three branches of government and also targeted its nuclear facilities. This att
From 12 Oct 2024 14.43 EDT 34 countries call for protection of Unifil peacekeepers in joint statement 34 Unifil-contributing countries have signed a joint statement reaffirming the protection of Unifi
From 11 Oct 2024 17.12 EDT At least 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Jabaliya, says Gaza's civil defence agency Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 30 people have been killed by Isra
From 6 Oct 2024 20.31 EDT The Israeli Air Force has confirmed the strike on the mosque in Deir al-Balah where medics say at least five were killed, saying it was being used by Hamas. It also said it s
China has announced the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the “high seas” of the Pacific Ocean, flying over the northern point of the Philippines in what is believed to be the first
Israel bombed the mountains north of Beirut and Hezbollah targeted Tel Aviv for the first time on Wednesday, in a further expansion of the range and scope of the aerial conflict across the Lebanese bo
For American diplomacy in the Middle East, the extraordinary attack in Lebanon that simultaneously detonated hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members could not have come at a less auspicious momen
Hundreds of Hezbollah members were injured and an unknown number killed on Tuesday after pagers used by the Lebanese Shia militia exploded across Lebanon simultaneously. A Hezbollah source told the Gu
Advertisement 2nd January 2024, 01:02 EST BBC News Reuters Thousands of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October Israel will fight South Africa's claim that it is commi
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it but the charity that organised the aid said
Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says 11 August 2024 Matt MurphyBBC News Getty Images Journalists in the Sumy region witnessed Ukrainian armour moving towards the Russian border U
Ukraine's cross-border attack into Russia enters fifth day 10 August 2024 Jaroslav LukivBBC News James WaterhouseBBC Ukraine correspondent Reporting fromKyiv IZ.RU/Reuters A burning house in the town
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A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.
Russia has pulled all its vessels out of the Sea of Azov, a body of water connected to the Black Sea, according to Ukraine’s navy. “There are no longer any Russian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov,” s
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday that it would consider sending arms to Ukraine, a major policy change that was suggested after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond
The US government is closely monitoring the potential deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine to aid the Russian military. This comes amid reports that Pyongyang is planning to send military engi
The enormous loss of Palestinian life attendant to the Israeli military’s 8 June rescue of four hostages held by Hamas cries out for investigation. Hamas’s abduction and detention of these four civili
South Korea’s military has said it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week, amid rising tensions after Pyongyang sent rubbish-carrying balloons into the So
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the spread of artificial intelligence technology multiplies the threat of nuclear war, and that humanity is now “on a knife’s edge” as dange
The United Nations has added Israel to the global list of states and armed groups who have committed violations against children, according to the country’s UN envoy, Gilad Erdan. News of Israel’s inc
Months of extreme hunger have already killed many Palestinians in Gaza and caused permanent damage to children through malnutrition, two new food security reports have found, even before famine is off
From 3 Jun 2024 09.03 EDT Biden only published a partial version of the Gaza ceasefire proposal, Netanyahu says Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that the US president, Joe Biden,
Just a few days after arriving at a hospital outside Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Dr Omar El-Taji – a urologist who usually works in Manchester – was woken up at 2am to operate on an urgent case. “A man i
23 May 2024 Kelly Ng in Singapore and Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in TaipeiBBC News Reuters China has called its drills around Taiwan a "strong punishment" for "separatist acts" China has started two days
The UN’s top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a ruling that will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. The president of the in
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