Protesters in Iran have tried to break into a local government building in the southern province of Fars, on a fourth day of demonstrations sparked by a currency collapse.
Officials said three police officers were injured and four people arrested…

Protesters in Iran have tried to break into a local government building in the southern province of Fars, on a fourth day of demonstrations sparked by a currency collapse.
Officials said three police officers were injured and four people arrested…

Israel is banning dozens of major aid organisations, including some of the world’s best-known charities, from working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, saying they have failed to meet new registration requirements.
The agencies said the bans…

What will you be watching closely in 2026?
That’s the question we asked the ABC’s foreign correspondents and global affairs journalists.
Our reporters acknowledged the huge shifts in 2025 that have set the political and economic stage for the new…

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn says the “great qualities” of Anthony Joshua’s friends Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, who were killed in a car crash in Nigeria, will be “deeply missed”.
Ghami and Ayodele died when the vehicle they were in,…

It was a covert military shipment docking at a Yemeni port that finally brought simmering tensions between Gulf heavyweights Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates dramatically into the open.
Riyadh had for weeks been unsuccessfully using…

PARIS (AP) — Trains were running again Wednesday in both directions through the Channel Tunnel between continental Europe and the United Kingdom but problems remained after a day of travel chaos caused by power…
Derouez, F. Technological advancements and economic growth as key drivers of renewable energy production in Saudi arabia: an ARDL and VECM analysis. Energies 18 (2177). https://doi.org/10.3390/en18092177 (2025).
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Night skies are lighting up with New Year’s fireworks as people across the world ring in 2026.
It takes 26 hours for the new year to be welcomed across 39 different time zones.
It all starts on Christmas Island in Kiribati, an island…