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Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray

Sri Lanka appoints Kusal Mendis as Test captain

Russian strike on buses kills 30 in frontline Ukrainian city

Norris confident McLaren can shine in Singapore

Thailand begins extradition process against Chinese journalist

Alex Bodi pushes ahead with expansion: ALIX LASERS showroom planned for Bucharest

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

Fossil fuels off COP31 agenda as global output keeps rising

Taiwan says exports hit record in September on AI demand

Haze not 'a threat' to Singapore F1 race: organisers

Marc Marquez vows to 'attack' Martin's lead at Indonesian MotoGP

COP31 organisers say to seek 'ambitious' action with their text

Diplomats, schools in Saudi take safety measures after blasts heard: sources to AFP

Bartunkova thrashes Muchova to reach China Open semi-finals

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Saudi Aramco banks lower $31.9bn after drop in oil prices

Oil giant Saudi Aramco announced first-quarter net profit of $31.9 billion on Tuesday, down 19.25 percent from a year earlier after a drop in crude prices.

Saudi Aramco banks $31.9bn in first quarter, down 19%

Oil giant Saudi Aramco announced first-quarter net profit of $31.9 billion on Tuesday, down 19.25 percent from a year earlier after a drop in crude prices.

Hong Kongers find new ways to defend democratic ideals

Two years after being released from a Hong Kong prison, Lau Ka-tung has lost count of the times he has returned -- not as an inmate, but to offer support to pro-democracy activists in jail.

Illegal mining booms in Brazilian Amazon 'promised land'

Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from deep inside a giant hole with a bucket full of riches.

Criminal or hero? Man who dethroned Austrian far-right speaks out

Four years after a far-right Austrian politician was revealed to have cut deals with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch, the private detective who dreamt up the sting operation is speaking out.

EU lawmakers eye ambitious AI regulation

The sudden popularity of ChatGPT and other AI tools is injecting urgency into Europe's drive to regulate the sector, which this week gets rolling seriously with an ambitious text to be voted on by EU lawmakers.

Drought spells 'catastrophe' for Spain's olive harvest

An ongoing drought and soaring temperatures have unleashed fears of an olive "catastrophe" in Spain, the world's largest producer of olive oil, which suffered a very difficult year in 2022.

EU chief Von der Leyen marks 'Europe Day' in Kyiv

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to mark the Europe Day celebration of peace and unity, as Ukraine delivered a symbolic retort to Moscow's Victory Day parade.

3 Islamic Jihad leaders killed in Israel strikes on Gaza

The Israeli army said it killed three leaders of the Islamic Jihad militant group Tuesday in air strikes on Gaza, which left a dozen dead according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory.

ASEAN at a 'crossroad' as Myanmar violence escalates

Southeast Asian nations are at a "crossroad", a senior Indonesian minister warned Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit.

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