With tough new asylum rules in place, many migrants on the US-Mexico border were seeking legal routes to enter the United States on Saturday, despite warnings of a chaotic surge in crossings.

US President Joe Biden used yesterday’s first anniversary of a racially motivated mass shooting to highlight steps he is taking to reduce gun violence, while repeating his demand that Congress “do more” to save lives.

Calm returned to Gaza yesterday as a fragile ceasefire ending five days of fighting held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of cross-border fire which has killed dozens.

Shelling and air strikes pounded parts of Sudan’s capital yesterday with little sign that warring military factions were ready to back down in a conflict that has killed hundreds despite ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia.

More than a dozen people were killed in an overnight battle between Pakistan paramilitary troops and militants who stormed their base and took families hostage, the army said.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called Germany a “true friend” in his country’s battle against Russia, as Berlin pledged unwavering support for Kyiv ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive.

A preliminary vote count in Thailand’s election yesterday indicated an early lead for the country’s progressive opposition, trailed by ruling coalition parties backed by the military and establishment.

Pakistan’s former prime minster Imran Khan has claimed democracy in Pakistan is at “an all-time low” in an exclusive interview with Sky News.

Turkey on Sunday voted in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 21-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course

Armed attackers killed at least 33 people when they opened fire on vegetable farmers in Burkina Faso, the governor of the Boucle du Mouhoun region said on Saturday

Kyiv yesterday said that the massive new weapons package from Germany was another sign that Russia would lose in its war against Ukraine.

Twenty-four people were killed yesterday when a bus carrying churchgoers heading for a religious service rammed into a truck in southern Zambia, police said.

The head of a Rwandan opposition party, Frank Habineza, said yesterday he would run for president in next year’s election after winning the nomination of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda.

The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation has climbed to 201, as investigators yesterday unearthed 22 more bodies from a coastal forest, a government official said.

Germany averted a crippling 50-hour train strike as transport union EVG today called off the industrial action after reaching a wage deal with rail operator Deutsche Bahn.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday led prayers at Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia mosque before entering the election battle of his political life against a powerful secular rival.

Nine Nepalis reached the summit of Mount Everest yesterday, opening the route for hundreds of climbers expected to scale the world’s highest mountain in the coming weeks.

Azerbaijani troops on Friday killed one Armenian soldier in border clashes between the arch foes, Yerevan said, on the second day of fighting which threatens to derail EU-led weekend peace talks.

Singapore reported its highest temperature in 40 years yesterday, officials said, as a blistering heatwave burns through large parts of South and Southeast Asia.

The political unrest that’s engulfed Pakistan since former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested earlier this week will complicate efforts to secure a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund and exacerbate the country’s economic crisis.