[ad_1] An Israeli-Russian researcher has been released after "being tortured for many months" by her Iraqi militia abductors, US President Donald Trump has announced.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: "I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton student, whose sister is an American citizen, was just released by Kataib Hezbollah, and is now safely in the American embassy in Iraq".Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed
[ad_1] Sarah RainsfordBBC correspondent in KyivInside Kyiv government building hit by missile strikeUkraine has shown reporters fragments of the missile it says hit a key government building in Kyiv this weekend, identifying it as a Russian Iskander cruise missile.Officials here now believe the building was struck deliberately in the early hours of Sunday morning.Vladimir Putin's response to Donald Trump's peace efforts has been a clear escalation in Russian attacks.But they
[ad_1] Almost exactly a year ago I interviewed the Hamas leader and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Doha. I met him in a house not far from the building that Israel attacked on Tuesday afternoon. From the beginning of the war in Gaza, al-Hayya had been the chief Hamas negotiator, sending and receiving messages to the Israelis and Americans via Qatari and Egyptian intermediaries.At moments where ceasefires were thought likely,
[ad_1] President Emmanuel Macron has named close ally Sébastien Lecornu as new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou as head of his government.Lecornu, 39, was among the favourites to take over the job, and has spent the past three years as armed forces minister, with a focus on France's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.In a statement the Elysée Palace said he had
[ad_1] The first of five Supreme Court justices who will decide the fate of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has found the ex-leader guilty of plotting a coup.But Bolsonaro will only be convicted if at least three out of the five justices find him guilty.Justice Alexandre de Moraes said there was "no doubt" that there had been a coup attempt after Bolsonaro lost the 2022 presidential election to his
[ad_1] Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned amid Nepal's worst unrest in decades, as public anger mounts over the deaths of 19 anti-corruption protesters in clashes with police on Monday.On Tuesday, crowds set fire to parliament in the capital Kathmandu, sending thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Government buildings and the houses of political leaders were attacked around the country.Three more deaths were reported on Tuesday. Amid the
[ad_1] ReutersQatar said Israel struck residential buildings housing several members of the Hamas political bureauIsrael has carried out a strike targeting the senior leadership of Hamas in Qatar's capital, Doha.A Hamas official told the BBC that members of the Palestinian armed group's negotiating team were targeted during a meeting. It was not clear whether any of them were killed, but photos showed a badly damaged building in the northern Katara
[ad_1] Ivory Coast's former First Lady Simone Gbagbo, 76, is the surprise inclusion in a list of five candidates who have been officially cleared to contest next month's presidential election.She will run against President Alassane Ouattara, 83, who took power after she and her former husband, Laurent Gbagbo, were captured in a presidential bunker during the conflict that hit the country after the 2010 election.But the ex-president has been barred
[ad_1] Rebels linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have killed more than 50 people at a funeral ceremony in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials have said. Most of the victims were hacked with machetes in the night-time assault by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on a village in North Kivu province, officials added. This is the latest in a string of attacks linked to the ADF, raising fears
[ad_1] Getty ImagesFrance's Emmanuel Macron has had time to prepare to name a new prime ministerFrench President Emmanuel Macron has come under pressure to name a new prime minister quickly after François Bayrou lost a vote of no confidence and on Tuesday handed him his resignation.The fall of Bayrou's government came as no surprise, because a majority in France's hung parliament staunchly opposed Bayrou's bid to bring down France's spiralling
