US officials warned “dangerous and strong” winds were set to push deadly wildfires further through Los Angeles residential areas yesterday as firefighters struggled to make progress against the flames.

Russia yesterday claimed the capture of two villages in eastern Ukraine where its forces have been steadily advancing for months.

European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said yesterday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria’s new foreign minister.

A top-level Israeli security delegation arrived in Qatar yesterday for talks on a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a possible sign of so-far elusive agreements nearing.

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP yesterday.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.

Yoon has been holed up in the presidential residence and protected by an elite guard force since being suspended and impeached last month

While some people just got in their cars and drove out of the danger zone, Gruss had to wrangle more than two dozen frightened horses, as embers swirled in 100-mile (160-kilometer) -an-hour winds.

Known for its serene landscapes, the affected region has been transformed into a fiery battleground as emergency crews struggle to contain the blaze.  

Both the US and India want to see a stable, prosperous, and tolerant Bangladesh, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said.

The largest of the Los Angeles’ fires spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods yesterday, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control.

 The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza yesterday said that 32 people were killed in the Palestinian territory over the past 48 hours, taking the overall death toll to 46,537.

Thousands of South Koreans gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital yesterday, as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

Mediator Qatar said it briefed US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday about Gaza ceasefire talks it has been brokering alongside Egypt and the United States.

US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move “really shameful” after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.

The United States and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, including oil giant Gazprom Neft, just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office.

Over 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States

For residents of this devastated Los Angeles suburb, the arrival of these men in uniform is too little, too late

At least 11 people died

The education activist was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012 when she was a schoolgirl and has returned to the country only a handful of times since.