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Brazil postponed for the second time the reintroduction of requirements to obtain tourist visas for citizens of the US, Australia, and Canada, officials said. Former president Jair Bolsonaro scrapped the visa requirements in 2019 to…

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken was expected to meet the leaders of Turkey and Greece at the start of a week-long trip aimed at tamping down tensions that have spiked across the Middle East since Israel's war with Hamas began in…

Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday's general elections, while four people, two children among them, were killed in a train fire that the government decried as arson targeting democratic values. Report says…

The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, will pay a state visit to China from January 8 to 12, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement. Report says the visit would be a high-profile snub to the island nation's huge…

Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on January 7, its Election Commission has announced, as deadly protests by opposition parties demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation have rocked the country. “The 12th parliamentary election…

Major rivers across Britain were flooded on Friday after heavy rain, with the government issuing more than 300 flood warnings, travel operators announcing serious disruption and around 1,000 homes suffering damage so far. A succession of…

Russia has hit the Eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv with non-Russian made missiles, the Regional Governor has said on Friday. The statement from Oleh Synehubov, reported by Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne, followed a claim by the…

The Israeli Military has said its forces launched air, land and sea attacks on more than 100 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, as regional tensions surge. The Health Ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said…

At least three people have been killed and 28 injured after two commuter trains collided in Indonesia’s West Java province, Authorities have said. Emergency crews were working on Friday to free at least two other people still trapped in…

Israeli Defence Minister says operations in Southern Gaza, which have included the bombing of refugee camps and previously declared civilian ‘safe zones’, will continue. At least 32 people killed in Khan Younis and five in Rafah as Israeli…