17+ hour ago   (700+ words) UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for the first trip to Syria by a serving United Nations' chief since 2009, before the start of a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. "The United…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (425+ words) A journey into one of the darkest chapters of the Baltic states' history. From Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to KGB prisons, interrogation rooms, and the mass deportations carried out during the Soviet occupation, Buried Stories: The Last Train East uncovers…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (640+ words) Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately targeting civilians. Ukraine did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Russian-appointed governor…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago   (710+ words) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have signed regional and commercial agreements worth more than 80 billion tenge ($146 million). The deals aim to expand cooperation between the two Central Asian neighbors in trade, transport, industry and cross-border development. The deals were signed on 24 July…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago   (734+ words) Brazil has denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of its electoral system, two Brazilian officials with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The officials, speaking…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (616+ words) An Israeli airstrike on Saturday (25 July) has killed the head of the Hamas-run police force in northern Gaza, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, according to Gaza's interior ministry and local medics. The Hamas-run interior ministry said Al-Maqadma, who also served as governor…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago   (540+ words) A Russian ballistic missile strike in Ukraine’s Kyiv region has killed 10 people and injured nearly 100 others at an event involving representatives of the country’s defence industry. The attack took place on Friday at a site near the Ukrainian capital where…...

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (910+ words) Uzbekistan welcomed 6.56 million foreign tourists in the first six months of 2026, a 24.9% increase compared with the same period last year, according to the National Statistics Committee. The figures underline the country's growing appeal as one of Central Asia's leading travel…...

23+ hour, 38+ min ago   (666+ words) Kazakhstan's grain sector faces a difficult season as drought reduces harvest prospects while mounting security risks in the Black Sea threaten to redirect cheaper Russian grain into Central Asian markets. Kazakhstan's agricultural sector is facing a twin challenge this summer,…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (530+ words) Romania said on Saturday that it had shot down a second drone after it entered the country's airspace in as many days. The drone was intercepted over a sparsely populated area near the border with Ukraine after being detected by…...