A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over one million euros and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria….

Thousands surged to the riverbanks of the Danube in Budapest on Sunday night to celebrate Peter Magyar’s Tisza party victory in the general election. Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s defeat, after 16 years in power, has ignited hopes for radi…

President Donald Trump has ordered the US navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks with Iran failed in Islamabad. The Lebanese Prime Minsiter, meanwhile, said he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, ahead of talks in Washington…

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has conceded defeat in Sunday’s elections to his rival, conservative Peter Magyar, a former government insider and political newcomer who has promised “system change” for the country.  

Turnout in Hungary’s closely watched parliamentary polls hit a record high on Sunday, as voters flocked to participate in a ballot that could end nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.

Exiled Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani has a huge following back home for his biting humour. And one of his recent sketches sums up the “dilemma created by the regime” over the US-Israel bombing of his homeland and how it divides Iranians.

Activists from across Europe set sail in a renewed bid to deliver aid to Gaza – and bring Israel’s blockade of the territory back into the global spotlight.

Iran and the United States failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, US Vice President JD Vance said Sunday after marathon talks in Islamabad, adding that he was leaving after giving Tehran the “final and best offer”.

Voting has begun in Hungary’s parliamentary elections, pitting incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s long-ruling Fidesz against challengers led by Peter Magyar’s Tisza party. The night before the polls, Orban wrapped-up his campaign with a rally in …

An elated NASA late Friday was celebrating its successful voyage around the Moon, after four astronauts safely returned to Earth having completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years.