Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the west of the North African country. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the country’s western city of Zintan. Saif al-Islam, who was 53 when he …

The legislation heads to US President Donald Trump’s desk for signature. The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1. 2 trillion spending package to end a partial government shutdown. The bipartisan legislation, passed on Tuesday, restores lapsed funding for key federal programmes, including those within the Departments of …

Greece’s coastguard says 26 other people have been rescued from Aegean Sea as search-and-rescue operations continue. A boat carrying migrants and asylum seekers has collided with a Greek coastguard vessel in the Aegean Sea near the island of Chios, killing at least 14 people, the coastguard says. The incident occurred …

Bogota, Colombia – For years, Luis Peche, a 31-year-old political consultant, dreamed of a Venezuela without its leader, Nicolas Maduro. Living under Maduro’s rule, Peche saw friends flee the country for fear of hunger and repression. Others were imprisoned for their activism. Then, in May 2025, Peche himself was forced …

Here is where things stand on Wednesday, February 4: The latest Russian operation against Ukraine’s energy sector was the biggest since the start of 2026, Ukraine’s leading private energy company DTEK said on Telegram. At least 1,142 high-rise apartment blocks have been left without heating in the Ukrainian capital following …

Palestinian women tell of harrowing experience at hands of Israeli military at reopened Rafah border crossing in Gaza. Palestinian women have described a “journey of horror” as they passed through the Rafah border crossing on their way home to Gaza from Egypt, with the few allowed to enter the war-torn …

Survivors, including a seriously injured child, taken to hospital as state governor declares three days of mourning. A bus returning from a religious festival in northeast Brazil has veered off the road on a curve and overturned, killing at least 16 people, including four children, officials said. The bus had …

Despite months of clashing over US military intervention and drug trafficking, the two leaders say they shared a ‘terrific’ meeting. For months, United States President Donald Trump has called him a “sick man” and an “illegal drug leader”. But on Tuesday, Trump welcomed his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, to the …

Thousands of people marched through Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, demanding the release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, exactly one month since US forces abducted the couple in a bloody nighttime raid. “Venezuela needs Nicolas!” the crowd chanted in Tuesday’s demonstration, titled “Gran Marcha” (The Great March). Thousands …

Hong Kong firm CK Hutchison has announced the start of international arbitration proceedings against Panama after the country’s top court annulled its contract to operate two ports on the strategic Panama Canal amid pressure from the United States. The announcement on Wednesday comes as the Chinese government’s Hong Kong and …