Initial data from a land registration drive launched in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem point to a “deeply alarming” trend of land appropriation by the Israeli state, an Israeli rights group said yesterday.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) yesterday claimed that deletions in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll materially affected the results in certain assembly constituencies in West Bengal.

Philippine lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte yesterday, setting the stage for a trial in the Senate that could kill off her hopes for a presidential run in 2028.

Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday vowed to prove his “doubters” wrong, as he sought to quell a growing threat to his leadership following disastrous local and regional polls.

President Donald Trump on Sunday called on US Supreme Court justices to be “loyal” to his executive order banning birthright citizenship, while bashing the court’s recent ruling against his tariffs.

Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for the attack on a police post that killed 15 personnel over the weekend, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said yesterday, signaling fresh tension between the neighbours whose militaries have clashed over the issue this year.

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released early from prison yesterday, an AFP journalist outside the Bangkok jail said.

An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said yesterday, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued.

As the war in Iran enters its third month, it’s providing a window for China into how US military capabilities work under fire, and a useful reminder that, on any battlefield, the adversary always has a big say in the outcome.

Beijing said yesterday it was ready to work with the United States in pursuit of “more stability” and confirmed that Donald Trump will visit China this week, the first US president to do so since 2017.

Health officials dismisse comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic

Trump is expected to press China's President Xi Jinping on the Iran issue

White House announced Trump's visit several weeks ago

All the US citizens are being airlifted to the United States, and the two passengers with symptoms are travelling in the plane's biocontainment units, HHS added.

Iran had responded to Washington's latest peace proposal earlier in the day, while warning it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes or permit more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Before he opened fire on the Florida State University campus last year, killing two people and wounding six others, Phoenix Ikner had a conversation.

President Donald Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15, Beijing confirmed on Monday, with the US leader expected to discuss Iran and trade with his Chinese counterpart

He also accused Tehran of "laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country"

Iran responded to Washington’s latest peace proposal yesterday, after drones threatened several Gulf region targets and Tehran warned it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes.

The comments come as Iran is reported to have responded to the latest US proposal on ending the conflict