Now, with a round of talks concluded in Islamabad and frantic negotiations underway to secure a second go, Pakistan is basking in its new role as a regional peacemaker, analysts say. "Pakistan very much wants to ride the momentum that it has been e...

In January 2025, thieves used explosives and sledgehammers to break into the Drents Museum in the north of the Netherlands, making off with the 2,500-year-old Helmet of Cotofenesti and three gold bracelets. The robbery sparked a massive manhunt and...

Eurosceptics may come and go, but there's only one Viktor Orban. It took 16 years and Sunday's record turnout in Hungary to vote out the seemingly unbeatable far-right leader who once boasted of building an illiberal state. Why did the far-right ido...

The Southern Africa nation has been courting Gulf states as it seeks to diversify an economy heavily reliant on diamonds, of which it is the world's leading producer by value. President Duma Boko and Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq agreed to develo...

Evergrande's rise was propelled by decades of rapid urbanisation and rising living standards, but in 2020, its access to credit dramatically narrowed when the government introduced curbs on excessive borrowing and speculation. The company defaulte...

Following the landslide victory of Peter Magyar over Hungary's long standing autocratic ruler Viktor Orbán, Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Ian Bond, former Senior British Diplomat and Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform. Bond sees...

The claims came as prosecutors levied federal charges against Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, over the attack on Friday in San Francisco. The Department of Justice said Moreno-Gama had travelled from his home in Texas to carry out the attack on Altman, who...

The Parisians head to Anfield for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool. After a 2–0 first-leg win, the Paris club arrive with a strong advantage and are targeting a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The couple touched down in the southern city of Melbourne, kicking off four days of business and charity events with a visit to a children's hospital. The son of King Charles III -- Australia's head of state -- is due to speak at a summit focusing ...

Though not the risk-hungry, 'sweeper keeper' of his prime, the two-time Champions League winner was outstanding in Bayern's 2-1 first-leg victory in Madrid. Named man of the match, Neuer made nine saves and succeeded in keeping Real's danger men K...

The Frenchman managed to finish the 258km race in 139th and last place, 24-and-a-half minutes behind winner Wout van Aert and only just inside the cut-off limit. The 30-year-old omnium champion from Paris 2024 was a last-minute addition to his Cofi...

Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,000 people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million since the Iran-backed group Hezbollah drew the country into the Middle East war. The Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the United States are scheduled...

Asian nations have been particularly hard hit due to a sharp fall in the crude shipments they rely on -- and have few alternatives to replace them. Yet the energy crisis has been a windfall for Vietnam's leading electric vehicle maker Vinfast as we...

Leaders in the world's second-largest economy have struggled since the pandemic to rely on overseas shipments to support gross domestic product as a long-running property market crisis forces consumers to crimp on spending. That has also come amid ...