The world is facing irreversible water “bankruptcy”, with billions of people struggling to cope with the consequences of decades of overuse as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, UN researchers said on Tuesday.

Police in Indian Kashmir have asked at least three journalists working in the region to sign a pledge vowing not to “disturb peace” in the region, two of them told Reuters yesterday.

US President Donald Trump is pressing aides for “decisive” military options against Iran after stepping back from potential strikes last week, according to a report Tuesday.

Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians, including two boys and three journalists, in Gaza yesterday, local medics said, and the Israeli military said it had “eliminated a Palestinian man” who posed a threat to soldiers.

Members have to pay up to $1 billion for a permanent spot on it.

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said in a statement.

In a heated exchange of threats, Iran and the United States both threatened broadscale wars if the leaders of either country are assassinated.

Trump insists mineral-rich Greenland is vital for US and NATO security against Russia and China

The assassination was also a wake-up call for a nation which has some of the world's strictest gun controls.

Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews out of an abundance of caution

On the first anniversary of Trump's second term, protests sprang up across the country against his aggressive immigration crackdown

The man said he felt fear, shame and desperation

US President said there was "no going back" on his goal to control Greenland

Iran’s top police officer issued an ultimatum on Monday to protesters who joined what authorities have deemed “riots”, saying they must hand themselves in within three days or face the full force of the law.

Thai forces demolished Cambodian homes in contested border areas after a ceasefire ended clashes between the neighbours, a local rights group said yesterday.

The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar’s ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the polls, Malaysia’s foreign minister said yesterday. Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since the military staged a coup against a civilian government in 2021.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng warned yesterday that the world must not revert to the “law of the jungle”, speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos as Washington steps up its bid to take Greenland.

An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Kyiv without heating and water in -14C temperatures yesterday, when the Ukrainian capital was already scrambling to restore vital utilities destroyed in earlier attacks.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and rounding on allies as European leaders struggled to respond.

France prefers rule of law to brutality, he says at Davos