An air strike has killed Iranian Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and another senior Iranian-linked figure in Baghdad, Iraqi state television reported on Thursday. No one claimed immediately responsibility for the strike, which Iraqi television MORE
A 60-year-old woman and her two adult daughters are being investigated for their alleged role in the fire that burned down part of Krefeld Zoo. The three women turned themselves in after suggestions that the fire MORE
Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swathes of the country devastated since the fire season began in September. A total of 17 people have died nationwide, and in the state of MORE
Dozens of animals were killed in a fire that started shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day and burned down a monkey enclosure at a zoo in Krefeld, Germany. Local officials said the blaze might MORE
BAGHDAD — The siege by supporters of an Iranian-backed militia at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad ended Wednesday after the militia ordered them to withdraw, bringing relief to the diplomats trapped inside and averting a potential MORE
Following U.S. airstrikes against Iraq and Syria on Sunday, protesters stormed the compound of the United States embassy in Iraq on Tuesday. Guards inside the embassy used tear gas to try and prevent demonstrators from MORE
“CREC is committed to creating a platform for China-Malaysia strategic cooperation and innovation exchange, establishing a model for central activity zones globally, fostering Malaysia [as a] digital innovation hub, and creating an image for Kuala MORE
US forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against five facilities the Pentagon says are tied to an Iranian-backed militia blamed for a series of attacks on joint US-Iraq military facilities housing American forces. The strikes occurred MORE
Gold Star Families Sue Defense Contractors, Alleging They Funded The Taliban Source: More than 100 Gold Star families are suing several major defense contractors, alleging they made illegal “protection payments” to the Taliban — thereby MORE
Communities across Asia commemorated the more than 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world’s most deadly disasters. On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, MORE
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base, in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping. Ruslan Shaveddinov, a MORE
Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death on Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a MORE
The night that changed Shiori Ito’s life forever began with a spell of dizziness. […] On that evening, the then-25-year-old was with a fellow journalist at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo. His name was Noriyuki MORE
Boris Johnson was the first of the main party leaders to cast his vote, arriving at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster with his dog, Dilyn, at about 8.15am to make his choice in the UK’s MORE
On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit for the killing was retroactively issued after Trump met with the MORE
In the summer of 2013, a killer in Moscow rode a bicycle toward his victim. […] The killer shot the man in the head and upper body at close range. […] In the summer of MORE
A rescue team is searching for survivors after a Chilean air force plane carrying 38 people disappeared on its way to Antarctica on Monday evening and is presumed to have crashed, Chilean officials said Tuesday. The MORE
The fate of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top court was effectively sealed Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said. The Trump MORE
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, agreed to implement a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by year-end, following their first meeting on Monday at a summit in Paris mediated by France and MORE
The world’s 100 largest weapons producers and military contractors saw another boost in global sales last year, with total sales of $420 billion (€379 billion) — some 4.6% higher than in 2017. 2018 sales were MORE
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use separate entrances from men or sit behind partitions at restaurants in the latest measure announced by the government that upends MORE
A new Nature study published this week found that oxygen levels in worldwide oceans have dipped by more than 2% in the last half-century. While the change may seem small, scientists say even subtle shifts in gas levels can alter entire ecosystems. MORE
An American graduate student, who had been held for three years in Iran on suspicion of being a spy, is in “good spirits” after being freed from Iranian custody, a senior administration official said Saturday. Chinese-born MORE
Helmut Oberlander had his Canadian citizenship revoked for lying about his involvement in a Nazi killing squad. The 95-year-old has been fighting to stay in Canada since 1995. MORE
A senior member of the North Korean government has revived the descriptor “Dotard” after Trump called Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” at the NATO summit on Tuesday. North Korea’s First Vice-Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, MORE