The UN World Food Programme said on Tuesday that supplies into Gaza were ramping up after the US-brokered ceasefire but were still far short of its daily target of 2,000 tonnes because only two crossings are open, and none to the famine-hit north of the enclave. Around 750 metric tonnes of food ar
Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, marking a historic moment in Japanese politics. The ultraconservative leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) replaces Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned earlier in the day following his p
Madagascar’s coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month, named businessman and consultant Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the island nation’s new prime minister on Monday. Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday, days after taking control in the wake
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky painted his meeting last week with Donald Trump as a success that yielded progress on acquiring new air defence systems, a contrast from reports that Trump had berated him with obscenities in the White House. In comments made to media on Sunday initially off-
Indonesian student groups are planning a protest on the first anniversary of Prabowo Subianto's government in Jakarta on Monday, two months after violent demonstrations rocked the country, as the president holds a cabinet meeting to mark his first year in office. Protesters will gather near the pr
