The latest published reporting from this region.
In the decades he’s spent on our screens, Russell Brand’s been a comedian, an actor, a presenter and a political anarchist. Now he has been convicted of rape and sexual assaults. Emine Sinmaz reports
Read morePope Leo XIV heads to South America on Friday for an emotionally charged reunion with the continent that helped shape his priesthood, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Read morePutin meets Iran's top security official to discuss regional security and receives a letter from Mojtaba Khamenei.
Read morePutin meets Iran's top security official to discuss regional security and receives a letter from Mojtaba Khamenei.
Read moreMichael Carrick takes charge of Manchester United for what could be the last time against Aston Villa this weekend as he battles to save his job despite a morale-boosting midweek victory over Roma.
Read morePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brash campaign posters are still up on Israeli public buses -- images of him, US President Donald Trump and soaring warjets that laud the two leaders attacking Iran…
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Read moreOpposition leader Jess Wilson grimaced as the ‘Jess Express’, carrying Liberals and reporters, backs into the structure in suburban Melbourne
Read moreAsian tech firms suffered a bloodbath Friday as investors tracked a collapse on Wall Street fuelled by fears that Democrats will ramp up regulations of the AI industry following their blowout victory…
Read moreBrand is told to expect a prison sentence "of some length" and faces more rape allegations, it can now be reported.
Read moreAfter his mother was killed in a bear attack in Kashmir, Indian software engineer Mudasir Ali developed an online early-warning system to help people in the Himalayan region avoid dangerous encounters…
Read moreUkraine president tells leaders Kyiv needs equipment for its power grid – ‘and we need it fast’. Donald Trump predicts ‘very big’ deal with Russia. What we know on day 1,717
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