Following is a summary of current world news briefs. Russia becomes first country to recognise Taliban government of Afghanistan. Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the crede ...

The U.S. State Department has recalled its top diplomat in Colombia for urgent consultations. The move follows comments from ...

House Republicans have lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage, ...

The United States has recalled its top diplomat from the U.S. embassy in Bogota over statements it said were made at high levels of the Colombian government, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they will speak by phone Thursday, their sixth publicly ...

Some had waited decades, others only years. They came from 41 nations but took the same oath. All became Americans on the ...

Kyiv halts Putin’s advance in Sumy after new prisoner swap deal agreed - On the frontline, Putin's advance in Sumy has been ...

But when it’s guys in Ukraine and others saying they’re happy, it has greater value," says Bastien Mancini, president and co-founder of French drone manufacturer Delair, which has teamed up ...

Russia said it captured the village of Novomykolaivka in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, where Russian forces have renewed their offensive. The region has been at the centre of fighting ...

Three Russian soldiers forcibly entered Vladyslav Rudenko’s home in October 2022. He was only 16. They had guns. “Pack up your clothes and personal items,” they said. He wasn’t allowed to ...