Category: 2. World

US forces have carried out a strike which killed an al-Qaeda leader “who had direct ties” to an Islamic State (IS) group terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed three Americans in Syria, officials have said.

The US Central Command…

Israel has objected to the White House’s pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza “board of peace”, meant to temporarily oversee governance and reconstruction in the strip.

The White House and other sources announced a flurry…

A 27-day-old baby died in Gaza on Saturday from severe cold, bringing the number of children in the region who have died of hypothermia since the start of the current winter season to eight, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Medical…

Sanae Takaichi hates Japan’s hot summers and especially the humid heat of the campaign trail between July and September. But the weather is not the only reason Japan’s prime minister has called for parliamentary elections in snowy February…

Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose tariffs on any country opposing his Greenland takeover, warning that “no amount of intimidation” will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland.

The…

Tehran is the epicentre of the nightly protests shaking Iran’s regime, but the reverberations are being felt loud and clear in Moscow, too. 

The Islamic Republic is a vital economic, military and strategic partner to Russia. For Vladimir Putin,…