A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...
Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...
Scars of a crackdown, which have brought anti-regime demonstrations to an end for now, are visible across Iran’s capital...
The leaders of Egypt and Sudan both welcome US president's offer to mediate in the Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia....
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics....
A majority of Germans say President Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy endangers the NATO alliance, according to a new survey....
The German reconnaissance team is among the groups of European military personnel who are scheduled to arrive in Greenland on Thursday....
Cut off from the outside world, Iran has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 Islamic revolution...
Ugandans voted in a tense national election on Thursday after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. Museveni ...
Crypto industry leaders scrambled Thursday to salvage the market structure bill—but some conceded the bill now has lower chances of passage....
Public health experts agree that a clear definition of ultra-processed foods is needed to shape policy decisions for our food system....
After several decades of closer integration with the US, the country’s prime minister is pushing large infrastructure projects and looking for new markets...
Iran’s crypto activity accelerated in 2025, a new report says, driven by civilians and state actors turning to Bitcoin during periods of unrest....
In the past 12 months, the Conservatives have suffered a string of defections to hard-right Reform UK, including some former Cabinet ministers....
Klingbeil listed a string of reasons for his belief that ties between the United States and Europe, traditionally close allies, were radically changing....
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....