The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush money case.

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state, a rescue worker and ethnic minority armed group told AFP yesterday.

US and Arab mediators have made some progress in their efforts to reach a ceasefire accord between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not enough to seal a deal, Palestinian sources close to the talks said yesterday.

Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people yesterday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.

Joe Biden thinks he could have won reelection if he had stayed in the White House race, he said in an interview published Wednesday -- while conceding he was unsure if he would have served another full term.

Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said yesterday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite slim survival odds.

The UN yesterday voiced alarm at reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation of opponents of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro ahead of his inauguration for a highly-contested third term.

The Taliban’s foreign office said they saw India as a “significant regional and economic partner” after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

A terrifying wave of wildfires squeezing Los Angeles on multiple fronts pushed closer to the symbolic heart of the US film industry yesterday after a new blaze ignited in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame.

Japan in the last week of December experienced the biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available 25 years ago, health authorities said yesterday.

Several blazes were still burning out of control, with zero percent containment of fires in upscale Pacific Palisade and the northern suburb of Altadena -- which have both been incinerated.

The icy weather first hit Wednesday. The statement said rescue services have been called out to deal with traffic accidents, people falling in the snow and ice, flooding and other emergencies

She is seeking at least $75,000 of damages, plus punitive damages, for alleged injuries including PTSD

Trump listened but did not offer a response, he says

Raised a red alert for certain areas, cautioning about rain accompanied by thunderstorms, hail, and strong winds

At least five people have been killed in rampaging wildfires around Los Angeles

Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead, the government said

There is not a “snowball’s chance in hell” that Canada will merge with the United States, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, while his foreign minister added the country will “never back down” from threats by Donald Trump.

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people yesterday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth’s frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent change.