Saudi Arabia: Top Western and Arab officials gather in Riyadh to discuss Syria

Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western countries and the Middle East have gathered in the Saudi capital to discuss the future of Syria, the first such regional meeting since…

Chad: Ruling party wins majority in parliamentary election

Chad’s governing party has taken the majority of seats in last month’s parliamentary election that was mostly boycotted by opposition parties, according to provisional results.President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s party, the…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,053

Here are the key developments on the 1,053rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Sunday, January 12:

Croatia: Incumbent expected to win presidential run-off

Croatians are voting in a presidential run-off election, with incumbent Zoran Milanovic expected to win a second term in office in what would be a blow to the ruling Croatian…

Germany: Thousands gather to protest far-right AfD congress

Thousands of protesters shouting “No to Nazis” gathered in the German town of Riesa, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party held a key convention approving co-leader Alice Weidel…

Syria: Lebanon’s PM Najib Mikati meets Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said Beirut and Damascus will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders. In…

Sudanese army claims capture of key eastern city from rebels

The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country’s east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war against rebel forces. Footage…

France: Dozens injured after Strasbourg tram collision

At least 30 people have been injured after two trams collided at Strasbourg’s central station on Saturday, authorities said. Videos and photos posted on social media showed two trams containing…

Police officer dies in North Yorkshire collision

A North Yorkshire police officer has died after she was struck by a lorry while helping at the scene of an earlier road accident. PC Rosie Prior was standing on…

UK: PM should sack Siddiq over corruption claims- Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch has called for the PM to sack Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq after she was named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure…