Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea in order to gain access to the sea, the country's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said. A previous statement, in 2023 ...

Chakravarthy posted a picture of himself with the Champions Trophy and a cup of coffee, captioning it, "A lot of distance was travelled to get a taste of this Cup." This post was widely interpreted as ...

DAMASCUS, March 11 (Reuters) - Below are highlights from a Reuters interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa conducted on Monday. "Before carrying our military operation to liberate Syria ...

Hundreds have been killed in a fresh bout of violence in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad government in December. Intense clashes between security forces under President Ahmed al-Sharaa, former ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that he will punish “even among those closest” to him for participating in mass killings in the country’s coastal region days ago.

March 10 (Reuters) - Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country, and ...

Syria's leader Ahmed Ahmed al-Sharaa has called for peace after more than 1,000 people were killed in a massacre this week on one of the deadliest days in the war-torn country. The interim ...

Pakistan wrist spinner Abrar Ahmed said that he teased India's Virat Kohli to hit him for a six during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between the two teams in Dubai. Listen to Story Virat Kohli ...

Abrar Ahmed bowled an economical spell during Pakistan's match against India, but the Men in Blue registered an easy six-wicket win. For Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed, facing Virat Kohli was the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than a decade had passed since Ahmed al-Sharaa squeezed into the narrow lift that went up to his ...