Mexico’s president said Monday that his country would not tolerate spying by US on its security institutions, as an intelligence leak sparked new diplomatic tensions between the neighbours.

Prosecutors in the US state of Missouri announced felony charges on Monday against an 85-year-old white man after he allegedly shot and severely wounded a Black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell.

Israeli forces shot and wounded seven people in a raid yesterday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as the Israeli army confirmed an operation was underway.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat in Damascus yesterday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.

The European Parliament yesterday approved sweeping reforms to make EU climate change policies more ambitious, including an upgrade of the bloc’s carbon market that is set to hike the cost of polluting in Europe.

Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, while President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed.

The Group of Seven industrial powers drew together yesterday to criticise China’s coercion of Taiwan and Russia’s threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, promising to intensify sanctions on Moscow for its war on neighbouring Ukraine.

US reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared at a court hearing partly open to the press today for the first time since his arrest for espionage, an AFP reporter in the courtroom saw..Gershkovich wore a checkered shirt, crossed his arms and smiled before the start of the hearing in Moscow, which

Impact of terrorism on Bangladesh has been reported to be low by the 10th edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2023 report. .GTI provides an extensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last decade..Bangladesh dropped two places to 43rd among 1

Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, damaging hospitals and hampering aid after three days of urban warfare

The oldest known work printed on a mechanical press -- a Korean book that predates the first European example by several decades -- went on display in Paris for the first time in 50 years on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the parliamentary watchdog over a possible failure to declare shares his wife holds in an agency benefiting from a recent budget, an official said yesterday.

A US helicopter raid yesterday targeted a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in Europe and the Middle East, US Central Command said.

Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals raged for a third day with the death toll surpassing 100.

US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said she found journalist Evan Gershkovich “in good health” when meeting him in prison yesterday for the first time after his arrest on spying charges.

A frozen valve yesterday forced a postponement of the first test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

A Chinese supervisor at a dam construction project in Pakistan is under police protection after workers accused him of blasphemy against Islam, officials said yesterday.

Iran said yesterday it has formally invited Saudi King Salman to visit Tehran, following a agreement reached last month between the two sides.

The G7’s top diplomats began talks in Japan yesterday, looking to project a unified message on concerns about China after controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and both men hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership.