The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Allowing a reformist candidate to run has not arrested a long-term decline in participation

Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban’s permission to work

Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Western former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.

Cultural heritage has long been targeted during conflict. This includes the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Russia’s attempts to erase the Ukrainian language in areas of the country it has occupied since 2014.

US government officials resign in protest of Biden administration's Gaza policies, calling for change in US support for Israel and diplomatic efforts to en...

Ukraine maintains it cannot agree to a ceasefire until Russia completely withdraws its forces from its territory

In thinktank’s survey of 15 European countries, few respondents believe Ukraine can secure an outright victory

Iran reaffirms support for Hezbollah against Israel, raising concerns of regional conflict. Recent statements by Iranian officials indicate willingness to ...

President Zelenskyy stresses that Kyiv needs a ‘just peace’ after more than two years of fighting Russia’s invasion.

Turkish police arrested hundreds of people during anti-Syrian riots in several cities which erupted after a Syrian man had been accused of harassing a child. Turkey, which hosts around 3.2 million Syrian refugees according to UN data, has been shaken several times by bouts of xenophobic violence in recent years.

More than 470 people have been taken into custody after crowds attacked Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey.