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Berlin summoned the Russian ambassador Friday following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and interference in German elections, a spokesperson for the German foreign office said.

A severe cold wave gripped central and eastern India on Thursday, with temperatures dipping below 5°C in several states and dense fog reducing visibility across northern plains, according to the IMD’s latest forecast.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament on Friday, setting the stage for an early election after a major political party backing his minority government threatened to withdraw its support.

A series of Israeli strikes hit south and east Lebanon on Friday, state media reported, as Israel’s army said it was targeting Hezbollah sites, the latest such raids despite a year-old ceasefire.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.

Ask many Chileans how their country fared in the past several years and they’ll describe a descent into disaster: Venezuelan gangs surged across porous borders, bringing unprecedented kidnappings and contract killings to...

The Dantokpa market in Cotonou is once again a whirlwind of activity, just days after a failed bid to topple the Beninese government.

Dozens of people were killed Tuesday evening in a drone strike near Sudan’s largest oil processing facility carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), according to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Over 3.7 million Costa Ricans are expected to elect a president, two vice presidents, and all 57 seats in the legislature on February 1. If no presidential candidate wins at least 40% of the vote, the two leading contend...

Mexico's Senate has passed legal reforms that could impose up to eight years in jail and fines of up to 226,000 pesos ($12,500) for the production or sale of vapes and electronic cigarettes, a massive ramp-up of enforcem...

About 1.5 million homes and businesses were without electricity on Thursday after an extratropical cyclone swept through Sao Paulo's metropolitan area, toppling trees and power lines and disrupting flights and the water...

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to step down midway through his term after February’s parliamentary election, telling Reuters he has felt humiliated by the interim government, led by...

Tehran’s first rains of the autumn, rare so late in the year, have brought relief to inhabitants suffering from a nationwide drought that has caused water shortages and degraded air quality.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said its peacekeepers came under fire from the Israeli army while carrying out a patrol along the Blue Line.

The death toll in Indonesia's devastating floods closed in on the 1,000 mark Thursday (Dec 11) as hundreds of thousands more continued to face shortages, with frustration growing over relief efforts.

Baghdad International Airport reopened Thursday after a 12-hour halt due to bad weather, the transport ministry said.

South Sudan has sent its troops to neighboring Sudan to guard the strategic Heglig oil field near the border, its military head said on Thursday, days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of it.

Saddled with an unpopular incumbent president, Chile's left made a bold choice to contest a resurgent right in this year's presidential election - Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party.

Fighting raged on Thursday (Dec 11) at the border of Cambodia and Thailand, with explosions heard near centuries-old temples, ahead of United States President Donald Trump's planned phone call to the leaders of both nati...

At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar's military hit a hospital in the country's west on Wednesday night, according to ground sources.