US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would launch a “major investigation” into his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris over celebrities who backed her failed run for the White House.

The landslide occurred early Sunday in Ba Be district of Bac Kan province following torrential rain on Saturday

Mountain guide Cool, 51, first climbed Everest in 2004

The action was a big win for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson

The announcement came hours after the military said it had begun "extensive ground operations" in a newly intensified campaign in Gaza

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine held direct negotiations in Istanbul last week for the first time in almost three years

Flynas resumed Iranian pilgrims flights from Imam Khomeini (airport) in Tehran on Saturday

The 82-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with cancer after he experienced urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found

US Vice President JD Vance said yesterday that Europe was “an important ally” despite disagreements over trade as he met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Rome.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Walmart should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming duties imposed by his administration on imported goods for the retailer's increased prices.

Iran and Azerbaijan have launched a joint special forces exercise, state media in the Islamic republic said yesterday, weeks after Iran’s president visited the neighbouring country.

Toymakers have been around far longer than many people realise, a Danish researcher told AFP after the discovery of 19 ancient rattles some dating back at least 4,500 years.

Israeli strikes killed at least 130 Palestinians across Gaza overnight, health officials said yesterday, as Israel said talks with Hamas included a proposal to end the war but sources on both sides said there had been no progress in the talks.

A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four in an incident the FBI called an "intentional act of terrorism".

Pope Leo XIV formally began his reign yesterday by reaching out to conservatives who felt orphaned under his predecessor, calling for unity, vowing to preserve the Catholic Church’s heritage and not rule like “an autocrat”.

The largest known Russian drone attack since full-scale war began in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, Ukrainian authorities said early yesterday, as Moscow stepped up strikes following peace talks on Friday.

Pakistan’s foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said yesterday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades.

The Israeli military said yesterday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed launching two missiles at Israel’s main airport.

Voters in Portugal went to the polls yesterday for the country’s third general election in three years, with PM Luis Montenegro tipped to win, yet without a sufficient majority.

Severe storms that tore through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, leveling homes and businesses while knocking out power for tens of thousands, authorities say.