An Iranian general has acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests

Local media reports say a court in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday to life in prison for illegally selling off Comoros passports

Ukraine's first lady says Russian soldiers must be held accountable for raping Ukrainian women and committing other acts of sexual violence during Russia’s war in Ukraine

British health authorities have recorded 50 cases of diphtheria this year among recently arrived asylum seekers

Authorities in Germany say they have issued a new arrest warrant in separate cases for a German man who is also suspected in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal 15 years ago

Protesters have gathered in front the home of Poland’s ruling party leader to voice anger at what they regard as an erosion of women’s rights under his conservative government and a recent remark about women using alcohol

Officials say Somali forces have stormed a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists had been holed up for more than 18 hours after killing eight civilians and trapping dozens in the building, officials said

French lawmakers have condemned Iran’s crackdown on anti-government demonstrators and called on European governments to put more pressure on Iran to investigate the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in Tehran

Ukraine prepared for more Russian strikes against energy infrastructure on Monday in what appears to be a weekly pattern

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without “ambitious, rapid and sustained” climate action the world’s largest coral reef is in peril

Barely a month after granting himself a third five-year term as China's leader, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger over his “zero COVID" policy

NATO is returning to the scene of one of its most controversial decisions to repeat a vow that Ukraine will join the military alliance one day

The Austria Press Agency reports that Iran has released a 76-year-old dual Iranian-Austrian citizen from prison for health reasons

Devastating Russian strikes in Ukraine have cut off power to many hospitals

The third round of Congo peace talks facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc has begun in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with a plan to discuss reforms that will facilitate disarmament of rebel groups