Crackdowns in Persian Gulf countries have chilled speech and limited the open-source evidence available to investigators tracking the conflict.

Human Rights Watch says China is increasing pressure on 12 million Catholics amid a decade-long campaign to align religion with party ideology.

As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.

Members of Iran's Jewish community commemorated Iran's late supreme leader on Thursday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on his residence on Feb. 28, the day the United States and Israel started a war against Iran.

Bulgarians are holding an early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president. The newly formed coalition of Rumen Radev is widely expected to win the April 19 poll, with some

The Tiny Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because its appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own secur

U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the military in a 2021 coup and imprisoned.

Starmer says he was unaware that the Foreign Office had overruled the recommendation of security officials in early 2025 not to give Peter Mandelson the job.