A new rule to limit fuel price hikes took effect in Germany on Wednesday, limiting petrol station to raising prices no more than once a day in a bid to bring down costs for motorists amid a surge in oil prices caused by the Iran war. Under the new restrictions, petrol stations are only allowed to raise prices once at midday to limit price fluctuations and ensure greater transparency.

The United Nations has warned that freedom of expression is under threat in many countries across the Middle East due to the war. Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, reported on Wednesday that around 3,000 people have been arrested since the start of the war.

Powerful blasts destroyed homes and sparked panic in the city of Bujumbura on Tuesday night.

The European Commission has prepared the legal groundwork to disburse the first tranche of a €90 billion ($104. 5 billion) loan for war-torn Ukraine that remains blocked amid resistance from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has attributed a controversial statement that 80% of the more than 900,000 Syrians in Germany should go back home within three years to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz made the announcement during al-Sharaa's visit to Germany on Monday, and clarified a day later that "the figure of 80% returnees within three years was cited by the Syrian president.

No further attempts will be made to rescue a humpback whale who has gotten repeatedly stuck off Germany's Baltic coast, officials said on Wednesday, as experts believe the animal will not survive its week-long ordeal. Till Backhaus, environment minister for the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region where the whale is currently stranded, said a restricted zone has been established around the animal to allow it to die in peace as there was no more hope of freeing it.

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.

For more than a decade, South Africa’s economy has barely grown, leaving it with crumbling infrastructure and the need to create jobs.

Two pro-Palestine campaign leaders are found guilty of breaching police conditions at a protest.

The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had killed a high-ranking Hezbollah commander in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Telegram that it had "eliminated Hajj Yusuf Ismail Hashem, the Hezbollah's Southern Front Commander.

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Despite overwhelming public support to fight Iran's Islamic Republic in Operation Roaring Lion, the war is taking its toll on everyday citizens. It has been over four weeks since Israel and America struck Iran.

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A general strike has brought large parts of public life in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to a standstill. Wednesday's protest is directed against a new law in Israel that would make the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of lethal terrorist attacks.

Rescuers said Wednesday that they have given up hope for the humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany's Baltic Sea coast and now expect it to die in the inlet where it currently lies. Last week, it was rescued from even shallower water at Timmendorfer Strand, a resort town around 50 kilometers (over 30 miles) from its current location, with the help of an excavator, but it soon ran into trouble again. Burkard Baschek, the scientific director of the Ocean Museum Germany an

Attacks have continued, as Israel has announced its intention to control swathes of south Lebanon.

Camogli sits on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino in northern Italy, and shares much of the dolce vita aesthetic of the Amalfi region.

Ukraine's soldiers are trained by Western allies, but they have also ended up teaching those allies how to fight a modern war.

Lee Jae Myung warns situation caused by US-Israeli war against Iran is ‘worse than you think’

Leading German economic institutes on Wednesday cut their growth forecast for 2026 by more than half to reflect the expected fallout from soaring energy prices caused by the Iran war. Gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by only 0.

The new law imposes a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail and criminalises the "promotion" of same-sex relations.

In October, company CEO Armin Papperger had already called into question the importance of drones in the war in Ukraine.

Leading German economic institutes on Wednesday slashed their growth forecast for 2026 by more than half to reflect the expected fallout from soaring energy prices caused by the Iran war. Gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by only 0.

A Russian military plane crashed in annexed Crimea, killing six crew and 23 passengers on board, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the country's Defense Ministry. The An-26 military transport plane was carrying out a scheduled flight over the Crimean peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, the reports said. Russia's top investigative agency, the Investigative Committee, said a total of seven crew members and 23 passengers were aboard

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has attributed a controversial statement that 80% of the more than 900,000 Syrians in Germany should go back home within three years to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz made the announcement during al-Sharaa's visit to Germany on Monday, and clarified a day later that "the figure of 80% returnees within three years was cited by the Syrian president.

Surging fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East has many Malaysians concerned about paying more at the pump, but social media posts claiming petrol prices will increase sharply in fact share fabricated graphics. Local broadcaster TV3 and the Finance Ministry both denied publishing the circulating graphics, which feature inaccurate prices of petrol and diesel.

Brazil is strengthening its reverse logistics system for pesticide packaging with the rollout of a nationwide itinerant collection programme.

India has launched a national training programme to support tribal families who host tourists in their homes, known as homestays.

A "system failure" caused a robotaxi outage involving multiple vehicles operated by Baidu's Apollo Go in central ‌China's Wuhan, local police said on Wednesday, re-igniting safety concerns over ‌the fast-growing service. Police received reports late on Tuesday that numerous Apollo Go cars had ​stopped in the middle of roads in Wuhan and were unable to move, according to an official statement. Passengers were able to exit the vehicles safely and there were no injuries, police said.

After Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli public about the military campaign against Iran, a video purportedly showing the prime minister with an extra finger on his right hand circulated in posts claiming it was AI-generated and proof that his death was being covered up. The higher-quality version posted by the Israeli government, however, does not show Netanyahu with six fingers and he has made public appearances in the days since the video circulated.