Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.

A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on an industrial city about 550 miles east of Moscow was among the deadliest on Russian territory since the full-scale war began in 2022, demonstrating Kyiv’s growing ability to strike far beyond the conflict’s front lines.

Recent polls showed the liberal-leaning Yabloko could have won seats in the parliamentary elections next month.

Shares are mixed in Asia, while oil prices are holding steady after gaining 5% due to questions over when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again. On Monday,

Australia will soon begin vaccinating its vulnerable native birds against the deadly H5N1 bird flu as ​the virus spreads more widely after first being detected ‌in the country in June, the government said on Tuesday.

Iran’s president says the country's supreme leader is calling for “unity and cohesion” as the Islamic Republic faces economic hardships and sanctions stemming from its war with the United States. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Monday.

Australians can for the first time reveal their sexual orientation and whether they identify as a gender that is not the one recorded at birth in the country's census on Tuesday. It is the

Despite wars ranging across the Middle East, more than 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq shrine city for Arbaeen festival