The presidents of Russia and the US plan to meet next Friday in Alaska to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine. What do they want to achieve, and what are the most contentious issues?

Even if food aid reaches Gaza, Sudan and other famine zones, complications can arise in malnourished or starving people when they regain access to regular meals. Those complications can be fatal.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a peace agreement in front of US President Donald Trump, ending decades of conflict.

Firefighters have extinguished the flames in Cordoba's historic mosque-turned-cathedral in southern Spain, averting a "catastrophe." ...

Trump has vowed to "wage war" on drug cartels, accusing them of flooding the US with drugs such as fentanyl. Mexico has ruled out any US military action on its soil.

The war in Ukraine could be resolved "very soon," US President Trump said, adding that he will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska. Trump said a ceasefire would include some "swapping" ...

In August 2020, mass protests rocked Belarus — but the regime clamped down hard. What's changed since then? And could things have turned out differently?

Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's burial has been the subject of a two-month dispute between Zambia's government and his ...

Jumilla has banned religious events in public sporting spaces, which is seen as a veiled attempt to prevent Muslim gatherings. Local authorities said the move was to "promote and preserve the ...

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has slashed government spending on mRNA vaccine research. Experts warn it will boost global vulnerability to future pandemics.

The eastern Sudanese city of El Fasher has been under siege for almost a year. Fighters in the country's civil war have ...

The intense wildfire near France's border to Spain has already scorched 16,000 hectares, killing one and injuring 13.