THOUSANDS of workers marched through Athens today during a 24-hour general strike called by Greek unions in protest against the rising cost of livi

THE Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government has accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the east of the country.

THE US government recognised Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the “president-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday, mo

PAKISTAN: Police arrested a man accused of insulting the Koran in the deeply the conservative north-west today after bei

ISRAEL issued a veiled threat today to strike Iraq in response to recent attacks by militant groups based in that country.

LEADERS of the world’s 20 major economies have called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza and an end to hostil

The threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons was formally lowered by President Vladimir Putin today.

NEGOTIATORS at the Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan were working today to break a deadlock over the “trillions” of dollars needed to help poorer countrie

TENS of thousands crowded the streets of the New Zealand capital Wellington today to protest at a law seeking to reshape the country’s fo