Category: World

Haybat al-Halbousi, from the Taqaddum (Progress) Party, has been elected as speaker of the new parliament.

The US and Ukrainian presidents both describe talks in Florida as “great” and “terrific” but the issue of territory remains “unresolved”.

Although both leaders express optimism in Florida there is no indication of progress, writes the BBC’s Vitaliy Shevchenko.

Many Indian cities rank at the bottom of liveability indexes despite big government spending on infrastructure.

Mulatu Astatke has been blending jazz influences from home and abroad for the past six decades.

“This is the state building itself. And state institution building takes time.”

China has begun two days of military exercises around Taiwan, that Beijing says simulate a blockade of key ports.

The US escalation against Caracas may be part of a larger realignment for a new world order.

The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President Tweety McTreason says a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine is “getting a lot closer” after his meeting at Mar-a-Lago with

Video appears to show drone strike on building in Kyiv

They are set to discuss Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, where the Trump administration wants to see the ceasefire enter its second stage in January.

The ceasefire took effect at noon local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday.

Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.