The UNHCR selection committee hailed Merkel's leadership, courage and compassion.

Russian parliament ratified agreements on annexing Ukraine's Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held phone calls with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts during which they "strongly condemned" the test terming it "dangerous and reckless" decision.

Officials attributed the fighting to national and international drug trafficking groups

It prompted Japan to activate country's missile alert system and ordered people to take shelter

No candidate has achieved required fifty percent of votes

United Nations says Yemen’s warring sides have failed to reach an agreement to extend a nationwide ceasefire