Politics
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday to nine more years in prison after being found guilty of embezzlement, the Interpress news agency reported. Saakashvili, who was president from 2004 to 2013, was jailed for six years for abuse of power after he returned to Georgia in 2021
Politics
China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still uneasy over Tehran’s rapidly expanding nuclear program and as Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten new attacks on ships. The joint drills, called the Maritime Security Belt 2025,
Politics
The center-right opposition has won a surprise victory in legislative elections in Greenland, the Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, as support also surged for the nationalist Naleraq party seeking independence as soon as possible. The Democratic party — which describes itself as “social liberal” and has also called
Politics
Saudi Arabia and Ukraine issued a joint statement Tuesday following the visit of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Arabia expressed hope that efforts would succeed in ending this crisis in Ukraine in line with international law and the United Nations Charter, including
Politics
Israel’s negotiating team left for Qatar Monday for talks aimed at extending the fragile Gaza ceasefire, after Israel cut the Palestinian territory’s electricity supply to ramp up pressure on Hamas. Ahead of the negotiations, Israel disconnected the only power line to a water desalination plant in Gaza, a
Politics
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main US-backed force there into the Syrian army. The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of
Politics
Syria’s defense ministry announced on Monday the end of a major security operation in coastal provinces, after days of violence and mass killings that sparked international concern. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said nearly 1,500 people have died in the violence since Thursday, the majority
Politics
Canada’s incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note Sunday against the United States, as the former central banker vowed to win US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Carney lost no time standing up for “the Canadian way of life” after the Liberal Party overwhelmingly elected him
Politics
The interim president of the Syrian Arab Republic on Sunday vowed accountability and an investigation after the killing of Alawite civilians triggered an international backlash against the worst violence since Bashar Assad’s overthrow. In its latest count, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said 973 Alawite civilians
Politics
US President Donald Trump denied on Friday a report that his senior adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, had clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and another cabinet official during a White House meeting. According to The New York Times, Musk argued with Rubio and separately with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
Politics
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, including 750 civilians, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since
Politics
Hamas reiterated on Sunday its insistence on moving directly into negotiating a second phase of the Gaza truce, as Israel announced it would dispatch a delegation to Doha for further talks. Representatives of the Palestinian militant group met with mediators in Cairo at the weekend, emphasising the need for humanitarian
Politics
US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of imposing large-scale US sanctions on Russia on Friday, days after pausing military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine, and he called on both countries to get on with negotiating a peace deal. Trump’s threat of banking curbs and tariffs followed a
Politics
Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and an area outside government control, a war monitor said Friday. Government forces sent major reinforcements overnight to the cities of Latakia and Tartus
Politics
A South Korean court canceled the arrest warrant of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, but he remains behind bars with the prosecution likely to appeal. Yoon’s lawyers filed a request to cancel his arrest warrant last month, arguing his detention was unlawful because the prosecution had waited
Politics
Russia will seek a peace deal in Ukraine that safeguards its own long-term security and will not retreat from the gains it has made in the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in comments to relatives of soldiers killed there. Putin also took an indirect swipe at French President