With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided friends and foes alike with its blitz against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, all the talk is of an inexorable slide towards a new, pan-Middle Eastern war. Yet brakes remain to halt a regional fall into a wider conflagration...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country would use nuclear weapons if enemies attempt to use armed forces encroaching upon Pyongyang sovereignty, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. Kim made these remarks during an inspection of a special operations...

More than 1,000 people have died and at least 740,000 displaced as floods wreak havoc across West and Central Africa, affecting over 5 million people in 16 countries, the UN said on Thursday. Most parts of the central and west African region as well as the Sahel have been experiencing severe...

In a major victory for Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow confirmed on Thursday that Russian troops have taken complete control of the key eastern city of Vuhledar. "As a result of the decisive actions of the units of the Vostok (East) group of...