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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was "an increasing alliance" between Russia and regimes like North Korea and that both weapons and troops had been sent by Pyongyang to bolster Russia's army. Zelensky toured European capitals in the past week to ask for increased military aid as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on through […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Iran was "fully prepared for a war situation ... but we do not want war, we want peace". He was speaking in Baghdad, where he arrived on Sunday for talks with Iraqi officials ahead of an anticipated Israeli attack in response to Iran's October 1 missile barrage targeting Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly feeling increasingly frustrated with his new right-wing government, and has confided in people close to him that he feels ashamed of some of the more hardline ministers that have been appointed. After failing to secure an absolute majority for his centre-right party in this summer's snap elections, […]

SpaceX's Starship test flight this Sunday achieved a world first: using the launch tower's "chopstick" arms – referred to as "Mechazilla" by SpaceX founder Elon Musk – to catch the returning first-stage booster after a test flight. This groundbreaking maneuver is a key milestone in SpaceX's drive toward rapid rocket reusability.

Taiwan’s military is on “alert” after a Chinese aircraft carrier was spotted sailing to its south on Sunday. Last week, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te held a National Day speech in which he vowed to resist Chinese annexation. Beijing responded by saying that Lai’s “provocations” would result in “disaster” for Taiwan.

A 22-year-old Afghan man suspected of supporting the Islamic State group has been arrested in France after police found he had links to another man charged with plotting an election-day attack in the United States. The US suspect was planning to attack a football stadium or shopping centre. According to a source close to the case, the two men are […]

Gregory Villemin was just four years old when he was tragically murdered on a fall day in 1984. His body was discovered in a river in eastern France, with his hands and feet bound, marking the start of one of the most haunting criminal cases in the country’s history.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Saturday issued a medical report showing she is in “excellent health” and fit to serve as the country’s leader. The move is seen as a challenge to Donald Trump, whom Harris has accused of lacking transparency for not releasing his own medical records. After Joe Biden […]

An Israeli volunteer rescue service on Sunday said more than 60 people were wounded south of Haifa, where Hezbollah earlier claimed a drone strike that targeted a military base. Hezbollah said it launched “a squadron of attack drones” at a military training camp in Binyamina, south of Haifa, in response to Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. […]

AFP photographer Mahmud Hams won the top prize for photos including his harrowing image of a woman after an Israeli strike on Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023.