Lower-income countries will gain access to a “game-changing” HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said yesterday.

The United Nations humanitarian office, OCHA, has warned that the fuel crisis in Gaza due to the Israeli blockade has reached a “critical point” and will cause further deaths and suffering in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortlyafter US President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by tomorrow, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, with one adding the probe had narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane’s fuel control switches.

The EU yesterday announced its first ever plan to help stockpile essential goods such as food, water, fuel and medicines in case of crises, amid fears over potential war with Russia.

YouTube has told more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is considering blocking their channels after a local court sought to ban them for being “anti-state”.

A mission was under way yesterday to rescue crew from the Eternity C cargo ship which sank in the Red Sea following an attack that killed at least four crew members.

Only one passenger miraculously survived, a British citizen who was seen walking out of the wreckage of the crash

The forced displacement and containment of any civilian population in an occupied territory is a violation of international humanitarian law.

The latest strike beat a previous Russian record of 550 drones and missiles set earlier this month

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin

The first strike on Wednesday killed 10 members of the same family sheltering in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis while the second, on the Al-Shati camp near Gaza City, also left more than 30 wounded

"We're going to give people about a year, a year and a half to come in and, after that, they're going to be tariffed," Trump told reporters

Tuesday's ruling stemmed from an executive order Trump issued in February ordering agencies to prepare for mass layoffs.

Anwar's remarks came as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Malaysia for talks overshadowed by fears of a trade war.

China dominates the supply of antimony as well as gallium and germanium, used in telecommunications, semiconductors and military technology.

Trump said countries have been clamoring to negotiate.

Passengers have been required to take off shoes during screenings since 2006

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first trip to Asia since taking up his post, traveling this week to Malaysia for meetings with Asean allies, his office said Monday.

The European Parliament yesterday gave final approval to a phased rollout of a new border check system for non-EU nationals which will do away with passport stamps.