World
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told state media Sunday.Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA that elections will take place betw...
World,Back Page
Israeli airstrikes and gunshots overnight killed at least 25 people, according to Palestinian health officials and the ambulance service on Saturday, as ceasefire talks appear to have stalled and Gaza faces famine.The majority of victims were killed by gunfire as they waited for aid trucks close to ...
The UK and Germany are co-chairing a high-level virtual meeting on Monday to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for NATO allies to supply weapons to Ukraine, a week after he announced that military deliveries would reach Ukraine within days.British Defence Secretary John Healey and German D...
The United Nations on Monday expressed deep concern over the recent arrest of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban for allegedly violating the group’s strict dress code regulations.In May 2022, the Taliban authorities issued a decree mandating that women cover their bodies fully, showing only...
World,Business & Commerce
Despite support from both the Biden and Trump administrations, U.S. manufacturing remains stuck in a prolonged slump.Ex-President Joe Biden’s administration rolled out subsidies for chipmakers and clean energy firms, spurring a surge in factory construction from 2021 to 2024. Meanwhile, Presid...
Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the northern Gaza Strip, Israel's military said Tuesday, while health officials in the Palestinian territory said 51 people were killed in Israeli strikes.The bloodshed came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting the White Hous...
Monsoon-swollen floodwaters swept away the main bridge linking Nepal with China on Tuesday, leaving 18 people missing and halting a key trade route, according to Nepali authorities.The Bhotekoshi River, swollen by heavy rainfall, destroyed the Friendship Bridge at Rasuwagadi, located about 120 kilom...
Russia launched over 100 drones targeting civilian areas in Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as the Kremlin dismissed its transport minister following widespread travel disruptions over the weekend caused by fears of Ukrainian drone strikes.At least 10 civilians were killed and...
An Australian woman, Erin Patterson, was convicted on Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband’s family members by intentionally serving them poisonous mushrooms during a lunch.After six days of deliberation, a jury in Victoria’s Supreme Court delivered the guilty verdicts foll...
China strongly opposes any country making trade deals that undermine its interests, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.Spokesperson He Yongqian responded to media inquiries regarding the recent trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam, noting that China is curr...
Airstrikes and shootings killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 38 who were trying to access desperately needed humanitarian aid, according to hospitals and the Gaza Health Ministry on Thursday.The Israeli military has not provided an immediate response regarding the strikes.Among the c...
Zohran Mamdani has officially won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a surprising upset confirmed by final vote counts released Tuesday.The Associated Press called the race after the city’s ranked-choice voting results were made public, sh...
Iran’s president on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities, likely further limiting inspectors' ability to track Tehran's program that had been ...
At least 22 Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured on Monday after Israeli forces opened fire on people near food aid sites in southern and northern Gaza, according to witnesses, hospitals, and the territory’s Health Ministry.Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis reported receiving the bodies...
The Israeli military reported that dozens of Israeli settlers stormed a military base in the occupied West Bank on Sunday night, setting fires, damaging military vehicles, spray-painting graffiti, and physically assaulting soldiers.The incident followed a string of violent attacks by settlers in rec...
Elon Musk intensified his criticism of President Donald Trump’s extensive tax and spending cuts package on Saturday, warning that the legislation, which Senate Republicans are urgently trying to advance, would jeopardize American jobs and future industries.“The latest version of the Sena...
World,Business & Commerce,ICT,Science & Technology
Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, leaving at least eight dead, as the nationwide death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 18 over the past 24 hours, officials said.Nearly 100 rescuers were deployed to search for missing t...
World,Politics
The Iranian parliament has voted in favour of a recommendation to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear oversight body.Mehr news agency reported that 221 lawmakers supported the proposal, while no one voted against it and there was one abstent...
Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters picking up the debris from Russia’s nightly assault on their cities found a weapon that stood out from the rest.It had an advanced camera, a computing platform powered by artificial intelligence and a radio link, allowing an operator to pilot it remotely from...
Page 6 of 34, showing 20 results out of 662 total
