The last British and American troops have left Iraq, ending the international coalition’s military mission against IS after more than a decade. About a hundred UK personnel left Irbil alongside US forces, completing…

Thirty-nine political prisoners have been released in Venezuela following a second round of US-backed talks between the interim government and opposition representatives. A human rights organisation has said those freed included eight women…

Biltmore Church in North Carolina has celebrated the largest single-day baptism in its 137-year history, with 458 people publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ. Around 4,000 people gathered beside a mountain lake…

The USA has signed a new defence agreement with Denmark and Greenland, allowing Washington to establish two additional military bases in Greenland while reaffirming Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. The agreement, updating a…

On 20 September North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea. South Korea’s military said the first missile travelled about 300 miles and the second more than 400 miles. The…

An Iranian lawmaker has warned that escalating tensions involving Iran, the USA, Russia, Ukraine, NATO and China risk drawing the world towards a much wider conflict. Kamran Ghazanfari said that existing wars and…

Cuba says it is not currently negotiating with the USA even though Washington continues applying economic pressure through sanctions and its longstanding embargo. Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez, stating that there was no agenda…

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, families of nearly three thousand victims are still waiting for the trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He has been held at Guantanamo Bay for…

US energy secretary Chris Wright is expected to visit Venezuela as Washington advances a controversial agreement giving the USA extensive access to the country’s oil reserves. Venezuela’s national assembly has approved the deal,…

American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout, held captive for approximately ten months after being abducted in Niger, was reunited with his family and welcomed at the White House on 21 August following his release.…