The risk of disasters and their impact globally has been on the rise in recent years and current data indicate that the trend is likely to continue amid an array of compounding factors, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Tuesday in a new global risk assessment

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia will likely pursue nuclear weapons if Iran is able to develop such weapons

The neurological and physical condition of imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is so serious that he is close to disability or death and requires treatment abroad, a member of the medical council formed by the Ombudsman of Georgia Otar Toidze said on Tuesday

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Monday called on the militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), considered terrorists by Ankara, to lay down their arms and surrender to the Turkish security forces