Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in recent months, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP yesterday.

French police said officers killed a man holding a knife in each hand after he “threw himself” at them in the northeastern Paris suburbs yesterday.

The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday evening, just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for demilitarising the area.

Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly two hundred drones overnight, targeting mostly the Kyiv region and energy facilities in the east, authorities said yesterday.

Hamas said it would exchange the bodies of four Israeli hostages for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners today, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.

A Bosnia court yesterday sentenced Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik to one year in jail for defying orders of an international peace envoy.

The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organisations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades.

US President Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each -- and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible.

The ceasefire has largely halted the Israel-Hamas war sparked by the October 7, 2023 attack, and has seen 25 hostages released so far in exchange for hundreds of prisoners.

Sudanese army had said several military personnel and civilians were killed in the incident

Ukraine's soils hold some five percent of the world's mineral resources

The US Senate has approved all of Trump's cabinet picks so far, despite outcry from Democrats over their trackrecords and lack of experience.

One of the sources familiar with the deal said future weapons shipments are still being discussed between Washington and Kyiv.

Going home only adds to the cost of the failed attempt to reach the United States.

Thailand has one of the worst road safety records in the world

There remained a risk the administration might again try to shut off funding

"It's either going to be in Doha or in Cairo, where negotiations will begin again with the Egyptians and the Qataris"

The worst blackout in the country in well over a decade caused transport chaos in the capital Santiago

Trump said sales of the new visa would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce the US national deficit.

Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol said yesterday South Korea had been facing an “existential crisis” when he declared martial law last year, remaining defiant and unapologetic as he faced the final day of impeachment hearings that could formally remove him from office.