Belgian police have detained eight people as part of an investigation into a possible jihadist plan to commit terrorist attacks. Arrests were made in the capital Brussels, in the port city of Antwerp, and in the town of Eupen near the border with Germ…

In its annual report for 2022, rights group Amnesty International criticises the West for double standards regarding human rights abuses around the world. Amnesty underlines the silence of western governments on Saudi Arabia’s rights record, widesprea…

Britain and Germany have delivered tanks they promised to Ukraine, which is expected to use them in possible spring counter-offensives against Russian forces.

Planes, trains and buses across Germany were brought to a standstill Monday as public sector transport workers walked off the job in the country’s biggest strike in decades.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbour and ally Belarus. Ukraine on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nation’s Security Council, accusing Moscow of holding Minsk as a “nu…

For the past fortnight, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Congress, the main opposition, have been engaging in a war of words in parliament over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Indian democracy during a recent visit to London.

The United Nations has expressed concern over what it said were summary executions of prisoners of war by both Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.

Aid agencies working in Haiti have called for 120 million euros over six months to tackle food shortages affecting nearly five million people.

The US State Department has reported “significant human rights issues” in India, including targeting of religious minorities, arbitrary detentions and extrajudicial killings.