R ishi Sunak has hailed the brave efforts of the UK’s armed forces after they swooped into Sudan to help British diplomats and their families to escape fighting.
The Prime Minister said the British military had undertaken a “difficult” operation to ev…

“The operation was fast and clean, with service members spending less than an hour on the ground in Khartoum,” said Lieutenant General. Douglas Sims, the director for operations at the Joint Staff. “As we speak, the evacuees are safe and secure.”
The …

France, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have expressed dismay after China’s ambassador in Paris questioned the sovereignty not only of Ukraine, but all the former Soviet Republics including the Baltic states.
Lu Shaye’s remarks in a TV interview late on…

K-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died, his music label and South Korean police said Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans. The 25-year-old singer was found dead at his home in southern Seoul late Wednesday, a spok…

In an American political landscape seemingly defined by division and acrimony, one of the bitterest fights is also one of the strangest: the slug fest currently playing out between the rightwing Florida governor and 2024 White House hopeful Ron DeSant…

A Ukrainian artilleryman of the Aidar battalion holds an artillery shell on a front line position near Bakhmut, Donetsk region – ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP
Ukrainian military search teams have recovered hundreds of dead Russian soldiers on battlefields acr…

OTTAWA — South Africa's envoy to Ottawa is urging Canada to help broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, arguing that sending arms to Kyiv will only prolong a dangerous conflict that is aggravating hunger in developing countries.
"We have all the in…

[1/4] A view shows a residential building damaged by shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
April 22 (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday…

Lord Patten of Barnes has been appointed by the King to the Order of the Garter (Adam Davy/PA) — © Adam Davy
Chris Patten, the final governor of Hong Kong, and former Labour minister Catherine Ashton have been appointed by the King to the Order of the…

KHARTOUM, April 23 (Reuters) – Sudan's sudden slide into conflict between the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers, and countries are working to evacuate their…

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The Associated Press
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate foreign citizens and diplomats from Sudan on military aircraft, as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation entered…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Russian diesel exports hit a record high in March despite new sanctions, according to Kpler data.
Brazil is one country that's…

More than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, rescued from battle-scarred Sudan arrived Saturday in Jeddah, the Saudi foreign ministry said, in the first announced evacuation of civilians since fighting began.…
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The Philippines’ top diplomat has expressed his concern to Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang over escalating tensions in waters around Taiwan, Manila said on Saturday.
Philippine foreign secretary Enrique Manalo met Qin as the two countries seek to dee…

PBBM to envoy: Taiwan, WPS statements ‘might be misinterpreted’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said some of the pronouncements that have been made recently on various issues by the Philippines and China “and many other countries might be misinterpreted…