The families of 35 Kenyans lured into fighting for the Russian army demanded on Thursday that their government take action to bring them home.

The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1 000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports.

Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the Palestinian enclave.

The true human cost of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip has far exceeded previous official estimates, with independent research published in the world’s leading medical journals verifying more than 75 000 “violent deaths” by early 2025.

New Mexico’s Department of Justice said the state was investigating an allegation, which emerged from documents released by the US Department of Justice, that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ordered the bodies of two foreign girls buried outside his remote New Mexico ranch.

As many as 10 skiers were missing and at least six others were stranded and awaiting rescue in heavy snow after an avalanche struck a backcountry slope in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, authorities said.

The UN missions for 85 member states issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s encroaching control of the West Bank, which critics say amounts to de facto annexation of the Palestinian territory.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a landmark trial addressing claims that Instagram and other platforms were designed to foster addiction among young users.

UK police said they were “assessing” information in the Epstein files that women were trafficked by plane into Britain, as pressure grows to probe ex-prince Andrew’s links to the flights.

Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement weeks after Israel’s recognition of an independent Somaliland. But what’s in it for Saudi Arabia?

A judge in the United States has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people who were enslaved by former president George Washington at a historical site in the city of Philadelphia.

Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said.

Tributes have been pouring out for Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, who died at the age of 95 on Sunday.

A conservative media critic picked by US President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said, as relations between the countries remain fraught.

US President Donald Trump said that he would be involved “indirectly” in high-stakes talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme in Geneva, adding he believed Tehran wanted to make a deal.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Kremlin has “strongly” rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.

A group of gunmen attacked three villages in Nigeria in a dawn raid. At least 30 people have died and several are reportedly missing.

The Democratic Party is willing to spend tens of millions on a Virginia redistricting effort that could gain the party four more seats in the US House of Representatives, the chamber’s top Democrat said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reflected a feeling of profound change among European leaders at the Munich Security Conference when she said: “Some lines have been crossed that cannot be uncrossed anymore.”