Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate on Wednesday, greeting thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter's Square before the service. During the mass, Leo said Christmas was a feast of...
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met on Wednesday with a Hamas delegation led by the group's senior member Khalil al-Hayya in Ankara to discuss the situation in Gaza and exchange views on the second phase...
Turkish authorities on Wednesday found the cockpit voice recorder and black box from a private jet that crashed killing the head of Libya's armed forces and his four aides.
The President Erdoğan said he...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel would invest about 110 billion U.S. dollars over the coming decade to build an independent domestic arms industry. The move is part of Israel...
Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE) said Wednesday that National Party candidate Nasry Asfura was elected the country's constitutional president in the general elections held on Nov. 30.
The CNE...
Russian President presented state honours to several dozen figures from politics, culture, science, and sport during a traditional pre-New Year ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. "The awarding of honours and...
Buddhist statues get year-end cleaning at temple in northeastern Japan. Three monks used dusters made of soft “washi” paper strips attached to 2-meter bamboo poles. One of the monks said he cleaned the...
India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector. The LVM3-M6 rocket launched...
British oil giant BP said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol lubricants business to US investment firm Stonepeak, as it seeks to cut debt. The sale of BP's 65 percent stake will...
A shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Chinese Taipei on Wednesday evening, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake struck at 5:47 pm local time...