Ukraine's military intelligence said on Friday that Russia was actively recruiting mercenaries and sending them for intensive training in separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. It said in a statement that fuel, several tanks, artillery and mortars had been secretly taken to the...

Three children and more than 60 adults are reported to have been killed in air strikes in Yemen on Friday, Save the Children said, after a Reuters witness said several people including African migrants were killed in a raid in Saada province. Rescue workers were still pulling bodies out...

 Lebanon's draft budget for 2022 includes an advance for the state-owned power company of up to a maximum of 5.25 trillion Lebanese pounds, according to a copy of the draft seen by Reuters. The advance to be used by Electricity of Lebanon to pay off a fuel purchase deficit, interest...

South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners. LGBTQ rights remain a sensitive topic in the prosperous city-state, where a rarely...