Journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home.

Ukraine says it hit an oil depot inside Russia that served a strategic air base in the southern Saratov region in what appears to have been a strike with Ukrainian weapons.

Finland says an alleged Russian “shadow fleet” tanker detained over the damaging of Baltic Sea cables has "serious deficiencies," putting it under detention amid reports NATO is due to begin ...

Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024 – including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of killing their husbands while ...

Syria's new leaders have reportedly given high-ranking military posts to several foreign Islamist fighters. It is raising ...

Pakistani security forces suffered the deadliest year in almost a decade. The trend has worried residents, who say the state ...

The United States on January 7 announced sanctions on a senior Hungarian official who has a critical role in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government for his alleged involvement in corruption.

Finnish police say an anchor has been recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea as part of an investigation into an incident last week in which undersea power and telecommunications cables were ...

In January 2022, anti-government protests erupted across Kazakhstan, prompting a violent police crackdown that left hundreds dead. In the city of Shymkent, 20 people were killed in one night, ...

Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region. Reporting from the ground is patchy and often contradictory, but one Russian village has emerged as a key focus of the fighting.

The Ukrainian military is continuing its assault in Russia's Kursk region, with Moscow claiming it is repelling advancing Ukrainian troops. Ukraine first launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region ...

Thousands of households in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester have been forced to cope without gas, heating, and hot water after supplies of Russian natural gas abruptly stopped on ...