Jailed former premier Imran Khan's party-backed independent candidates seemed to have sprung a surprise as the results of the general elections in Pakistan started trickling in on Friday following unusual delays, leading to allegations of rigging. Votes are being counted in

Israel's reported ongoing destruction of all buildings along the border inside Gaza with the aim of creating a "buffer zone" is a war crime, the United Nations rights chief warned on Thursday. In a statement, Volker Turk pointed to reports that the Israeli military is

A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. A leader of Kataib Hezbollah and two of his guards were in a vehicle when it was targeted in the east of the Iraqi capital. All three of them died. The Pentagon said the commander was

The vote at the presidential election started in Azerbaijan, for the first time taking place on the territories that were occupied by Armenia for more than 30 years. More than 6,500 polling stations, including abroad, opened at 8 am local time (0400GMT) on Wednesday, and the voting

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Hamas's proposed ceasefire terms - saying "total victory" in Gaza is possible within months. He was speaking after Hamas laid out a series of demands in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal. Mr

Police in Canada have charged a Montreal man with threatening to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in social media posts on X, formerly Twitter, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday. The man, 30, faces a criminal charge of uttering threats and will appear at the

For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service. World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts. This first

Tens of millions of Pakistanis are heading to the polls to vote in a new government amid soaring inflation, rising violence and claims of rigging. The election comes almost two years since the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a

At least 24 people were killed on Wednesday by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of a national vote marred by violence and allegations of poll rigging. More than half a million security officers were deployed ahead

At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, an official said Wednesday. The landslide struck Tuesday night in a mining village in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, trapping

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to reject a standalone Israel aid bill denounced by critics as a “cynical” bid to thwart a cross-party border security and foreign assistance package that would include cash for war-torn Ukraine. Republicans in the House of Representatives

Turkish police on Tuesday shot dead two assailants from a leftist organization, branded "terrorists" by authorities, who attacked a security checkpoint outside Istanbul's main court, killing one person and injuring five, officials said. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya

Donald Trump has been handed a defeat in court - but one that comes with a generous helping of victory. An appeals court ruled that Mr Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The time it took to issue that decision, however, has

Hamas says it has given its response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza. The details of the deal - set out by Israel, the US, Qatar and Egypt - have not been released. It was earlier reported to include a six-week truce, when more Israeli hostages would be exchanged

The streets were strewn with charred cars, debris and ash after flames tore through crowded hilltop neighborhoods in the coastal region of Valparaiso, in the world's third-deadliest wildfire this century. "I still have a lump in my throat and, not so much for the material

While war rages in the Middle East, other conflicts are competing for attention at the United Nations. However, this morning the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Myanmar where in the three years since the military coup 44,000 people have been killed and 2.6 million

The US military said early on Tuesday it had conducted a strike against “explosive uncrewed surface vehicles” belonging to the Houthis in Yemen on Monday afternoon. The statement by CENTCOM said the vehicles “presented an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and

At least 112 people have been killed by forest fires in Chile's Valparaíso region, local authorities have said. Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency and said he would make "all necessary resources" available to tackle the situation. It is believed to be

Nearly 18,000 illegal residents have been arrested in a week during inspection raids carried out in all regions of the Kingdom. The arrested 17,896 illegal residents, included 10,874 violators of the Residency Law, 4,123 violators of the Border Security Law, and 2,899 violators of the

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention center breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said Sunday.  On Thursday, a total of 115 Rohingya migrants and 16 others -- all of them men --