The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved. The emerging plan centres on a short-term memorandum rather
Two men were found guilty in a London court on Thursday of spying on behalf of Hong Kong and ultimately China, targeting prominent pro-democracy dissidents now based in Britain. Chung Biu "Bill" Yuen, 65, and Chi Leung "Peter" Wai, 40, both dual Chinese and British nationals, were convicted &zwnj
Bulgaria’s election winner Rumen Radev received the mandate to form a new government on Thursday after his Progressive Bulgaria comfortably won a parliamentary election last month, the eighth in the past five years. President Iliana Iotova on Thursday offered Radev, a eu
After years of drought that left large swathes of Iraq's historic marshes cracked and empty, rising water levels are beginning to revive the wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned. In Chibayish marshes in southern Iraq, canoes once again glide through waterway
Iranian airstrikes have caused far wider damage to the US military facilities across West Asia than Washington has publicly disclosed, according to an analysis based on satellite imagery. The Washington Post reports that 228 structures and pieces of equipment across 15 US bases have been damaged
