The Middle East is bracing for another intense heatwave set to grip the region from May 17, with temperatures likely to surpass 50°C (122°F), Iranian state media reported on May 15. Iran's ...

We’re now in a fascinating, and probably unprecedented, situation where the world’s two greatest superpowers - China and the US - are actively building two entirely different visions of what the world ...

The Russian banking sector, once buoyed by record profits and wartime stimulus, is now showing growing signs of financial strain, leading some to ask if a crisis is looming? Bloomberg put the cat ...

Russia’s contract military recruitment slowed in May and June after a spring surge, but the cost of signing up new soldiers continued to climb, Janis Kluge, fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und ...

Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdogan (@EmineErdogan), has met with Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) in the Vatican, the country’s presidency said on July 2. The meeting was held during Erdogan’s visit to attend ...

Dust storms originating from Iraq are forecast to impact air quality across multiple Middle Eastern countries including Iran, Syria and Kuwait over the next five days, with Iran's Meteorological ...

Despite fears of further isolation, Ambassador Vivia Chang stressed her confidence in Taiwan's and Guatemala's developing strategic partnership. "Our cooperation with Guatemala is comprehensive," she ...

The president of Uzbekistan is currently in Azerbaijan for a state visit that signals a deepening strategic alliance between ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin surrendering weapons in the first concrete step toward disarmament as part of peace efforts, IQ News ...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin surrendering weapons in the first concrete step toward disarmament as part of peace efforts, IQ News ...

Serbian police detained 79 people overnight as student-led protests and acts of civil disobedience entered their fifth consecutive day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on July 3. The arrests ...