Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory in his first public comment on the US vote, and he praised the president-elect's courage during the July assassination attempt

In addition to intense fighting, people in Rakhine are facing "absence of incomes, hyperinflation and reduced domestic food production"

Clashes have been reported between fans at a match between Israeli team Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy aimed at helping undocumented spouses of US citizens obtain legal status, dealing a blow to outgoing President Joe Biden and an estimated half a million people eligible under the programme

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win election.

Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory has sent shockwaves through Black American communities, which voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris despite a campaign by her Republican rival to court Black men.

Israel conducted air strikes on Hezbollah’s main bastion in south Beirut yesterday, with one raid hitting an area near Lebanon’s only international airport.

The Vatican’s secretary of state congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump yesterday, while expressing doubt that the Republican had a “magic wand” to end conflicts quickly as promised during the campaign.

Iran yesterday called Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election an opportunity for the United States to reassess past “wrong policies”.

US Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign on Wednesday in a concession speech that acknowledged President-elect Donald Trump’s win while warning of potential dark times to come.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday Beijing and Washington must find a way to “get along” in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported.

Palestinians in Gaza want Donald Trump, who won the US election, to end the Israeli offensive that has devastated their territory.

Russia yesterday demanded that Kyiv’s allies enter into negotiations with Moscow in order to halt its brutish attacks on Ukrainians, as the capital fended off a large-scale drone barrage overnight.

A US military judge has reinstated plea agreements for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, an official said yesterday, three months after the deals were scrapped by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 global climate summit next week and will heap pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary warming, according to climate negotiators.

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat forest loss.

Australia’s Prime Minister yesterday vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was “doing real harm to our kids”.

Germany’s conservative opposition heaped pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s crisis-hit government yesterday to allow for speedy elections by calling a confidence vote next week rather than next year.

The world is nowhere near ready for the “calamity” being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said yesterday.

"On January 20, we'll have a peaceful transfer of power here in America," said Biden