The BJP has swept the municipal polls, even winning the Congress strongholds like Rohtak and Sonipat. The BJP has bagged nine mayoral seats out of 10. Congress failed to open its account in the ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

The short-lived violence in the capital followed days of clashes concentrated in former Assad strongholds along Syria's Mediterranean coast. More than 1,300 people were killed in Syria in the ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats had been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous. Members of the Syrian security forces stop vehicles at a checkpoint ...

On the back of extensive and targeted campaigning, BJP-backed candidates have won two of the three MLC seats in Telangana for which elections were held on February 27. C Anji Reddy won by more than ...

In Burkina Faso, teenagers listen to the Russian national anthem and artists paint a portrait of Putin in a graffiti festival. In Niger, citizens salute the Russian flag, chanting “Long live Russia, ...

Fighters loyal to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 16 Syrian security personnel on Thursday in the former Assad stronghold of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast, a war ...

The Somali forces from the semi-autonomous Puntland region have made significant gains against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Cal Miskaad mountains, capturing key strongholds. The month-long ...

Congolese authorities are imposing taxes on goods leaving M23 strongholds in a bid to cripple the economies of areas now under rebel control in the east of the country. The controversial decision was ...

Scientists have long predicted that much of Miami Beach could be underwater by the middle of the century as a result of climate change, with thousands of homes at risk. Yet instead of an exodus ...

Nigerian Army troops have launched a series of successful offensives against terrorist strongholds in Borno State, significantly weakening their operations. The operations, which took place in ...