Syrian de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Thursday that the country is ready to allow UN forces into the UN-established buffer zone along the Israeli border. This statement was made during a ...

Some economists have warned the additional debt to fund it could hurt Indonesia's recent hard-won reputation for fiscal prudence. Kompas said respondents expected the free meal programme to be ...

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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius believes that the German military could ensure the security of the demilitarised zone in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. Source: Pistorius in an interview ...

United Nations Chief of Mission in Cyprus Colin Stewart stands between Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, left, and leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots Ersin Tatar as they shake hands ...

Britain will play its “full part” in peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer said on a visit to the country on Thursday, suggesting British troops could be used in peacekeeping ...

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UK soldiers would 'struggle' to play a major role as peacekeepers in postwar Ukraine because the British Army is now too small, its former commander has warned. General Sir Richard Dannatt ...

The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Statue of Liberty is at the top of many travelers’ must-see lists. A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis ...

Manchester United fans have paid tribute to Denis Law by laying scarves and flowers by his statue outside Old Trafford following his death aged 84. Law, who revealed in August 2021 that he had ...