Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday another 500 million euros ($504 million) of EU funding to supply arms to Ukraine, taking the bloc’s security

A man in Connecticut was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at two women because he held

France has evacuated more than 16,000 people threatened by wildfires in the south-west, as fires also spread in Spain, Croatia and Greece. Authorities in France’s

Sri Lanka’s parliament has accepted ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, ending rule by a family that wielded power for nearly 20 years. Mr Rajapaksa quit

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday are expected to sign a new joint declaration aimed at expanding the security relationship between

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over the island’s economic crisis. The country’s air force confirmed the

The US military says it has killed the leader of ISIL (ISIS) group in Syria in a drone strike outside Jandaris, northwest Syria, with another

South African police say they have arrested two suspects in connection with the tavern shootings over the weekend that left a total of 19 people

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dead after being shot on the street in the city of Nara on Friday — a shocking act of

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe is said to be in grave condition after he was shot at a political campaign event. Mr Abe was

Downing Street has appointed a new Cabinet to take over the business of government until a new Conservative Party leader is chosen, according to the