In Gaza, death appears to be the “only certainty” for 2.4 million Palestinians with no way to escape Israel’s relentless bombardment, a UN official said Tuesday, recounting the growing desperation across the territory.

Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, lives in the western Japanese city of Ashiya, the US-based Gerontology Research Group said.

The interior ministry added that the government also aims over the next six months to achieve the highest rate of deportations of failed asylum seekers for five years.

Obama called Harris "someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you."

Earlier this month, at the government-run hospital where Radhika works in the eastern city of Kolkata, the battered and bloodied body of a 31-year-old woman doctor was found, sparking outrage.

At least 28 Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Iraq for a Shiite Muslim ritual were killed as their bus crashed in central Iran, state media reported earlier today.

Authorities announced environmental approvals for the US$24 billion SunCable project in Australia's remote north that is slated to power three million homes.

Boeing has been beset in recent years with concerns about safety and quality control, with a near-catastrophic incident on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX in January bringing renewed pressure on the company.

Former US President Barack Obama returns to the national stage on Tuesday night to boost his longtime Democratic ally Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Republican Donald Trump

Donald Trump will hold a rally outdoors Wednesday in North Carolina, the former US president's first open-air campaign event since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at an open-air appearance one month ago

Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike hit a school in Gaza City yesterday, killing at least 12 people, while top US diplomat Antony Blinken was in Egypt for talks on a Gaza ceasefire.

A Pakistan provincial government has ordered an inquiry into child marriages in areas affected by floods in 2022 following an exclusive AFP story on the subject.

The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said yesterday.

China yesterday warned the United States that it has “no right to intervene” in its maritime disputes with the Philippines after another clash near a disputed reef in South China Sea.

Hundreds of Russian firefighters in the southern Rostov region were battling a massive fire at an oil depot yesterday for a third day after it was hit in a Ukrainian drone attack.

The United States on Monday accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of both US presidential candidates and targeting the American public with influence operations aimed at fanning political discord.

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched several rocket salvos at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights yesterday “in response” to Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon the previous day.

A World Health Organization official stressed yesterday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new Covid, as authorities know how to control its spread.

Hong Kong journalists rated the city’s press freedom lower than ever in an annual survey released yesterday, citing fears of sweeping national security laws.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for health care workers after the “horrific” rape and murder of a doctor sparked medical strikes and furious protests.