Students at Iran's top universities launched protests against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday as the new academic term began. The demonstrations marked the traditional 40-day mourning ceremonies for those killed in last month's deadly anti-government unrest.
Indian Army troops, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF killed a third terrorist Sunday in the dense forests of Kishtwar district during Operation Trashi-I. The forces recovered the militant’s body and weapon after re-establishing contact around 11 a.m.
Russia launched nearly 50 missiles, including 22 ballistic ones, and 297 drones at Ukraine overnight Sunday, prompting NATO member Poland to scramble fighter jets and raise air defenses to their highest alert level. Eight people, including a child, were pulled alive from rubble in Kyiv suburbs as fires raged across multiple districts.
Germany faces growing calls for its own nuclear arsenal as doubts mount over U.S. security commitments. Bundeswehr and former officials push the idea at the Munich Security Conference, challenging decades of postwar restraint.
President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not capitulated to U.S. military pressure aimed at forcing a nuclear deal, according to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. Witkoff shared the president's curiosity during a Fox News interview Saturday.
Russian assault units from the East force group pushed forward in five Donetsk villages over the past day while thwarting Ukrainian counterattacks and sabotage attempts. Troops destroyed a tank, armored vehicle and up to a company of enemy personnel in the clashes.
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has left the Caribbean after nearly three months, signaling a drawdown in the U.S. military presence tied to Operation Southern Spear. The ship's departure follows the January 3 capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by U.S. forces.
The United States should launch sustained military action against Iran to stop its nuclear program, an op-ed argues, criticizing decades of inaction from the 1979 revolution to current protests. Limited strikes and sanctions have failed, the piece contends, leaving only war as a viable option to prevent a larger future conflict.
Iran's foreign minister expects a draft counterproposal to the U.S. on their nuclear dispute within two or three days. President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering limited military strikes against Iran if no deal emerges soon.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini led the state assembly in passing obituary resolutions for prominent figures and soldiers killed in action. The session opened Monday with tributes to those who died since the last assembly meeting.
A Russian tanker loaded with nearly 200,000 barrels of gasoil set sail for Cuba, challenging U.S. sanctions amid the island's worsening energy shortages. The move comes as President-elect Donald Trump vows stricter enforcement against Havana.
Canada's Justice Department has asked the Federal Court to withhold sensitive national security evidence from the public in the trial over Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing. Lawyers for the Attorney General argue disclosure would harm international relations and national security.
South Carolina State University President Alexander Conyers detailed new security restrictions and increased patrols during an online meeting Thursday, days after a shooting killed two visitors and wounded a student at the Hugine Suites complex. He pledged accountability and transparency while announcing an $8 million funding request for upgrades.
Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Panama and the United Kingdom called on Libyan factions Wednesday to revive a political process stalled by deadlock. The joint statement, issued in New York ahead of a UN Security Council session on Libya, also pressed for climate risk integration into national planning and stronger disaster management.
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, established in 2009, operates without investigative powers or binding decisions, hobbling its response to crises like Myanmar's Rohingya persecution and cross-border migrant worker trafficking. Experts call for reforms by 2030 to grant it stronger enforcement tools.