A ceasefire following more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has come into effect. It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.

A convoy of protesters demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan has entered Pakistan's capital Islamabad. They are being tear gassed by armed forces as they close in on a part of the city designated as a "red zone" by authorities. The "red

Donald Trump says he will hit China, Mexico and Canada with new tariffs on day one of his presidency, in an effort to force them to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the US. The president-elect said that immediately after his inauguration on 20 January he will

Israel's cabinet is due to meet on Tuesday to discuss a 60-day ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israeli troops began a land invasion of Lebanon almost two months ago, in response to almost a year of rocket attacks from Hezbollah. According to reports, the deal would see

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow. She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she hadn’t blocked Kyiv’s entry into Nato in

Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in northern and central Israel, some

Tens of thousands of protesters are marching towards Pakistan's capital Islamabad as part of nationwide protests calling for the release of former prime minister Imran Khan. The march is in response to a "final" protest call made by Khan to his supporters, where he also

At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday. The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for

The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday. Globally, an intimate partner or family member was responsible for the deaths of approximately 51,100

Israel says a rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been murdered, and have vowed to track down his killers. “The murder of Zvi Kogan is a criminal antisemitic terrorist incident. The State of Israel will act in all of its abilities to bring to justice the

Britain's King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla is planning an official visit to India in the near future as part of a government charm offensive, media reports have claimed. As Britain seeks to strengthen its global ties in a post-Brexit era, the visit, which would mark a key

A massive Israeli air strike on central Beirut has killed at least 20 people, Lebanese officials say, in the latest attack on the capital amid an escalation of Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. The strike happened without warning at about 04:00 (02:00 GMT) on Saturday, and was

Richer countries have pledged to give a record $300bn (£238bn) to the developing world to help them prepare for and prevent climate change. The talks at the UN climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan ran 33 hours late, and came within inches of collapse. The head of the UN climate

At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on Shia passengers convoys killed 43. Sporadic fighting between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Congress-led UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is marking her political debut from Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, won by a margin of 410,931 votes on Saturday, the Election Commission data showed.   In June Wayanad Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi had won by a margin of

Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming. Negotiators from nearly 200 nations spent another harried and sleepless

Russia has a stock of powerful new missiles "ready to be used", President Vladimir Putin has said, a day after his country fired a new ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In an unscheduled TV address, the Russian leader said the Oreshnik missile could not be

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in the Southeast Asian country. A British woman, another Australian

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Downing Street has indicated. A No 10 spokesman refused to comment on the specific case but said the government would fulfil its "legal

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a “global” war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation