Russia detains ally of Defence Minister Shoigu for corruption
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s deputies be kept in custody on suspicion of taking bribes, the highest-profile...
After battle with Republicans, Biden to sign Ukraine aid package
US President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its...
Israel gears up for Rafah civilian evacuation ahead of promised assault
Israel has procured tens of thousands of tents for Palestinian civilians it intends to evacuate from Rafah in the coming weeks ahead a promised...
Better US-China ties but still deep disagreements as Blinken starts visit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday with US-China ties on a steadier footing, but with a daunting array of...
Australian counter-terrorism force arrests seven teenagers after Sydney bishop stabbing
An Australian counter-terrorism team arrested seven teenagers on Wednesday linked to a boy charged with a religiously-motivated terror attack on a Sydney bishop and...
Gaza war reverberates through US university campuses
Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war...
Prosecutors ask to punish Trump for violating gag order in hush...
Prosecutors asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial on Tuesday to punish the former US president for violating a gag order...
India’s Modi calls rivals pro-Muslim as election campaign changes tack
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party have begun attacking opposition rivals, saying they favour minority Muslims, in what analysts see...
Israeli strikes intensify across Gaza, pounding the north
Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, pounding the north from where the Israeli army had...
Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
As Ukraine’s efforts to conscript enough men to fight Russia are stymied by public scepticism, defence officials and military units are embarking on a...
