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UN votes to end Iraq's mission established after invasion toppled Saddam

The council's action came as Iraq is also seeking to wind down the military coalition formed to fight the IS

Turkish drone strikes kill 4 US-backed fighters in Syria: Kurdish group

Turkiye considers the Kurdish militia group, known as the People's Protection Units, as a terrorist group linked to an outlawed Kurdish group that has led an insurgency in Turkiye since 1984

Trump's NY case was 1st of 4 to go to trial, could be last one for a while

The federal case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, one of two brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, was initially set for trial on March 4

France files charges against teen accused of plan to attack Olympic fans

The man is accused of planning a 'violent action' on behalf of the Islamic State group's jihadist ideology, the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office said in a statement Friday

Hamas 'no longer capable' of carrying out another major attack: Biden

Cease-fire talks ground to a halt at the beginning of the month after a major push by the US and other mediators to secure a deal, in hopes of averting a planned Israeli invasion of Rafah's south

Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russia

The move comes as Ukrainian officials have stepped up calls on the US administration to allow its forces to defend itself against attacks originating from Russian territory

Republican lawmakers react with fury to Trump verdict, rally in defence

House Speaker Mike Johnson said it was a shameful day in American history and the charges were purely political

Donald Trump will try to turn his guilty verdict into campaign fuel

Trump will return to the campaign trail Friday with a news conference at his namesake tower in Manhattan a day after he was convicted

Trump Media stock rising a day after post conviction sell-off overnight

A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex

Police arrest 'many' at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz

Protest camps sprang up across the US and in Europe this spring as students demanded their universities stop doing business with Israel or companies that they say support its war in Gaza

French security officials foil plan to attack soccer events during Olympics

The Paris Olympics will run from July 26-Aug 11. Soccer matches will take place in cities across France before the final in Paris' Stade de France

12 killed in airstrikes in Gaza as attacks targeting Houthis kill 16

Palestinians in border city of Rafah have reported heavy fighting in recent days as Israel's military widened its offensive in the south, seizing control of entire length of Gaza's border with Egypt

Cargo ship attacked by Yemen's Houthis was bound for its 'backer' Iran

A statement released by French naval forces based in the UAE that patrol the Middle East also identified the vessel's grain shipment as being bound for Iran

S Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial results put ANC below 50%

S Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial results put ANC below 50 per cent

14 mn flee homes as nations fail to tackle conflict causes: UN official

Grandi said non-compliance with international humanitarian law means that parties to conflicts increasingly everywhere

Ex-Iranian speaker Larijani registers as possible presidential candidate

Ali Larijani is the first high-profile candidate to register for the contest. He and other serious contenders against Raisi had been barred from running in the 2021 election

New Mexico judge approves Zuckerberg's removal from child safety lawsuit

The case is one of many filed by states, school districts and parents against Meta and its platforms over concerns about child exploitation

UN tribute to Iran's late Prez Raisi marred by protests, European, US snubs

There were no remarks from the West European or East European groups, or from the United States, which normally speaks last representing the host country

Israel could have used smaller weapons to avoid deaths in Gaza, say experts

The debris field in Gaza is indicative of the bombs possibly being set to detonate before impact, which would ensure its intended targets were killed but also risks unintended deaths

French Open 2024: Sabalenka and Medvedev advance amid rain disruptions

The second-seeded Sabalenka beat Japanese qualifier Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier as showers again affected play at Roland Garros.