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Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several time by an unidentified assailant in Moscow, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said

U.S. President Donald Trump has called for a new nuclear arms treaty after the New START agreement with Russia expired, sparking fears of a renewed global arms race.

Rescue workers said the accident likely occurred after a pressure pipe burst while the heavily loaded bus was climbing uphill

Analysts said the treaty is becoming increasingly important to Australia in the face of growing tensions with China in the region

Ukraine and Russia have carried out a major prisoner exchange following U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, marking the first such swap in five months.

Bangladesh will hold its 13th Parliamentary elections, an event keenly watched by its citizens and the world.

Neither country has hosted an Ambassador since 2008, when then-President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia after accusing him of conspiring against his left-wing government

The bill also lifts the ban on running for office for several opposition members, including Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado

Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, could face up to life in prison in the case that has stirred criticism from some foreign governments

The two countries have returned to Oman, a sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, months after rounds of meetings turned to ash following Israel's launch of a 12-day war against Iran back in June

Cubas Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio called the move two-faced

U.S. presidents have typically refrained from endorsing candidates in overseas elections, but Mr. Trump has done so repeatedly, including throwing his backing behind Argentinas Javier Milei and Hungarys Viktor Orban

In 2025, the UN Human Rights Office's regular budget set by the UN General Assembly of member states was $246 million, but it ultimately received only $191.5 million of that money.

The measures targeted senior commanders in both the Sudanese paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces, the government said

Gunmen burned shops, and a traditional ruler's home, and wounded people fled into the bushes, says Babaomo Ayodeji, Kwara State secretary of the Red Cross.

Araik Harutyunyan who led Karabakh's separatist government from May 2020 to September 2023 was sentenced to life imprisonment by Baku's military court, state news agency Azertag said.

Residents of a small coastal Cuban town face severe hardships despite living near energy sources

The collision at speed in March 2025 set the cargo ship and the anchored oil tanker vessels ablaze and triggered a massive offshore rescue operation

China regrets the expiration of the New START Treaty, as the treaty is of great significance to maintaining global strategic stability, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said

As talks were underway, large swathes of the Ukrainian capital were still without heating in sub-zero temperatures, after successive Russian strikes knocked out energy supplies to hundreds of apartment blocks in Kyiv.

On January 30, the U.S. Department of Justice released over three million pages of documents related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse network and his associates. The newly released files mention several high-profile global figures. The disclosures triggered political controversy in India after some records appeared to reference individuals allegedly close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in messages exchanged with the disgraced American financier. Who is Jeffrey Epstein and

The senators warned that any Chinese ownership could trigger U.S. rules governing foreign ownership, control or influence, known as FOCI, given the potential exposure of sensitive information or technologies.

The Kremlin said that it could neither confirm nor deny reports that French President Emmanuel Macrons top diplomat had visited Moscow this week

Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh says the Indian Embassy in Tehran continues to be in regular contact with the Indian nationals, including students in Iran, and is providing them suitable guidance

Nuclear weapons are worlds most closely guarded objects, yet countries in conflict have not infrequently misplaced weapons-grade material before. A quiz about some of them

Imran Khan was arrested and jailed in August 2023 in multiple cases and is currently lodged in the Adiala Jail at Rawalpindi after his conviction in one of them

Mr. Trump said the call with Mr. Xi was excellent and thorough in a post late on Wednesday (February 4) on Truth Social

For the first time since 1972, there are no legally binding limits on the number of strategic nuclear weapons the U.S. and Russia can deploy

India has always purchased these products from other countries. Therefore, we see nothing new here, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

Some of the laid-off workers could end up filling open jobs elsewhere in the company

Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined Elon Musk in publicly criticising plans by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to ban social media access for youth under 16

Iran and the United States are set to hold high-level nuclear talks in Oman on February 6, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff on Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge

A Gates spokesperson issued a similar denial after the fresh cache of millions of files related to the investigation into Epstein

The controversy revolved around President Petr Pavel's refusal to appoint a government Minister representing the right-wing Motorists for Themselves Euro-skeptic party

Soraya Aghaei is now the youngest representative and the 107th member of the IOC by a 95-2 vote as just the third-ever Iranian representative and the first since 2004

The two leaders discussed major summits that both nations will host in the coming year that could present opportunities for them to meet

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon pronounced Ryan Routh's fate in the same Fort Pierce courtroom that erupted into chaos in September when he tried to stab himself shortly after jurors found him guilty on all counts

The New START agreement will end on February 5, formally releasing both Moscow and Washington from a raft of restrictions on their nuclear arsenals.

The new indictment includes nine charges, including hate crimes, filed earlier

Alex Saab, 54, is expected to be extradited to the U.S. in the coming days, the U.S. official said

The U.S. confirmation on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) came after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also said the meeting was due to be held in Muscat

At the dawn of the nuclear age, when possessors were still building their arsenals, there was a debate on whether deterrence rested on certainty or uncertainty

A truck has veered off a mountain road in the central Philippines, plunging into a ravine and killing nine workers on board

The government has agreed to release the requested information unless it is prejudicial to U.K. national security or international relations. It's unclear how much material will be released, or when.

Ukraine said the conflict should be frozen along the current front line and has rejected any unilateral pullback of its forces; a Ukrainian spokesperson said that peace talks will focus on military matters

With just weeks of fuel left, Havana faces its gravest energy crisis since the 1990s as U.S. military action in Venezuela and fresh sanctions chokeoffvital oil supplies, leaving ordinary Cubans to bear the cost.

In total, 300,000 security personnel and temporary election police were being sent out in the lead up to the March 5 vote, an increase from previous polls