Sanae Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first-ever female prime minister after winning a majority in both houses of parliament on Tuesday. The 64-year-old secured 237 votes in the Lower House and...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of criminal conspiracy in connection with illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign. The...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has restored most of its services following a widespread outage that affected millions of users and disrupted major platforms worldwide for much of the day. The outage, which...

The Louvre Museum has been temporarily closed after a highly coordinated daylight robbery on Sunday saw thieves escape with eight priceless 19th-century French crown jewels from the Galerie d’Apollon. Authorities...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, commander of an elite army unit, was sworn in on Friday as Madagascar’s new president following a swift military coup that ousted President Andry Rajoelina and sent him...

The African Union (AU) on Wednesday announced the suspension of Madagascar from all its activities with immediate effect, following a military coup that ousted President Andry Rajoelina from power. The...

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and one of Africa’s most influential political figures, has died at 80 after suffering a heart attack in India. He was pronounced dead on Wednesday...

In a major breakthrough after two years of devastating conflict, Hamas on Monday released the last 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. The move marks a turning...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her unwavering fight to restore democracy and human rights in Venezuela through peaceful means. Announcing...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the devastating two-year conflict in Gaza. The breakthrough agreement, brokered by the United States with support from...

France was thrown into fresh political turmoil on Monday after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned just 26 days after assuming office, marking one of the shortest tenures in modern French...

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed that one of the victims killed in Thursday’s attack at a Manchester synagogue was shot by officers attempting to neutralize the assailant, who was not carrying...

Sarah Mullally was named on Friday as the first female head of the Church of England, marking a historic moment for the 1,400-year-old office. However, her appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury immediately...

U.S. President Donald Trump has given Hamas a three to four-day deadline to accept a U.S.-backed peace proposal for Gaza, warning that rejection of the plan could lead to “a very sad end.” The 20-point...

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of multiple offences, including war crimes and crimes...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday was marked by sharp divisions, with dozens of delegates staging a walkout in protest as he mounted...

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, congratulating opposition candidate Peter Mutharika on his victory. In a statement issued by the government,...

Three West African nations, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, have formally announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the tribunal of serving as a “tool of neocolonial...

France has officially recognised the State of Palestine, marking a major turning point in its Middle East policy and adding momentum to a growing international push for Palestinian statehood. President...

France and Saudi Arabia will host dozens of world leaders in New York on Monday to push for renewed international backing of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with several countries...