THE Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defences, the military said today.

GEORGIAN police raided the offices of an opposition party on Wednesday and arrested its leader for encouraging violence during protests.

AUTHORITIES in Niger have taken control of the uranium mining operations of a French nuclear firm, it was reported on Wednesday.

ISRAEL is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, Amnesty International confirms in a damning report published today.

NATO: A meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels today produced “no consensus” on whether to invite Ukraine to join

SOUTH KOREA’S main trade union organisation called a general strike yesterday, demanding the immediate resignation of President Yoon Suk

THE French government appears likely to fall tonight as the National Assembly is to hold a no-confidence vote.

NAMIBIA is to have its first female leader after Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner of last week’s presidentia

THOUSANDS of demonstrators have again converged on the Georgia’s parliament in the capital Tbilisi.