LIVE UPDATES: Syria civil war

PIJ: Israel ‘exploiting’ Syria situation to expand occupation The  Palestinian Islamic Jihad says Israel’s move to capture the buffer zone in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights was proof of the “expansion…

Syria: Bashar al-Assad ‘stepped down’ and left Syria- Russia

Bashar al-Assad has “stepped down” as president and “left Syria”, his ally Russia says, hours after rebel forces took control of the capital Damascus. The Russian foreign ministry gave no…

USA: Biden okays new $988m military aid package for Ukraine

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced that the United States will provide nearly $1bn in additional military aid to war-torn Ukraine, as it attempts to fend off an ongoing…

UK: Average house price hits record high of £298,083

UK house prices rose at their fastest monthly rate of the year in November with further increases expected next year, the Halifax has said. The UK’s largest mortgage lender, part…

S Korea: Vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol fails

A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has failed as National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik closed the session, which had stalled for hours after legislators from the…

Israel: Tel Aviv seizes buffer zone in Syria’s Golan Heights after al-Assad falls

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria, after a lightning advance by…

Palestine: Israeli attack on Gaza camp kills five displaced family members

Israeli air attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed at least five Palestinians in a camp for displaced people in Deir el-Balah. The attack, which took place in the early hours…

LIVE UPDATES: Russia-Ukraine war

Here are the key developments on the 1,018th day of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Syria: Ex-PM to supervise state bodies until transition- Abu Mohammed al-Julani

The leader of the main armed opposition group in Syria says former Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali will supervise state institutions until they are handed over, as fighters declared an end to…

Ghana: Ex-President John Mahama wins presidential election

Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has won the country’s presidential election after his main opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat. “The people of Ghana have spoken, the people have voted…