In pictures: Eclipse craze grips Spain, Iceland
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Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to step down
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Colombia president says earthquake death toll hits 265
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Half of Afghan women rarely leave home: UN
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Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
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Putin threatens to seize EU vessels if bloc targets Russia’s
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Ex-Chinese PM Zhu Rongji dies aged 97
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Border peace key to ties with China: India
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Mecca defence pact / Erdogan eyes expansion, courts Egypt
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Oil tanker hit by missile off Yemen
A crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen’s southwestern city of Mokha overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, maritime security firm Ambrey said yesterday.
18 May 2024
Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan
Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said yesterday, with some residents reaching safety on higher ground mere minutes before the water hit.
18 May 2024
Three Spaniards among 6 killed in Afghan shooting
The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to Kabul along with multiple wounded, the Taliban government said yesterday.
18 May 2024
International students at US campuses risk deportation
Just last week, US Representative Ogles introduced a bill called the Study Abroad Act that would take away student visas “for rioting or unlawful protests, and for other purposes”.
18 May 2024
Slovakia PM ‘still in serious condition’
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition and still faces risks of complications but has stabilised, officials said yesterday, following Wednesday’s assassination attempt.
18 May 2024
Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance
New divisions have emerged among Israel’s leaders over post-war Gaza’s governance, with an unexpected Hamas fightback in parts of the Palestinian territory piling pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
18 May 2024
Fighting flares in Gaza
Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah.
18 May 2024
India polls: Benapole port closed to Bangladeshis for 3 days
Due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, India imposed a three-day ban on Bangladeshi passport holders entering the country through the Benapole border beginning yesterday.
18 May 2024
Russian Offensive: Ukraine struggles on eastern front
For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited US ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks.
18 May 2024
Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance
New divisions have emerged among Israel's leaders over post-war Gaza's governance, with an unexpected Hamas fightback in parts of the Palestinian territory piling pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
18 May 2024
Dozens killed, wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza
Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said..Israel's forces also took over some ground in Ra
18 May 2024
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 35,386
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday that at least 35,386 people have been killed in the territory during more than seven months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants
18 May 2024
Extreme weather is battering the world. What's the cause?
Floods and heatwaves across Africa, deluges in southern Brazil, drought in the Amazon, and extreme heat across Asia, including India: the news has been full of alarming weather disaster stories this year, and for good reason
18 May 2024
Zelensky expects Russian offensive in northeast Ukraine to intensify
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line
18 May 2024
Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan: police
Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan, provincial police said Saturday
18 May 2024
US offers $5m reward for info on North Korean IT workers
The United States on Thursday offered to pay a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification of three North Korean IT workers and their manager who were involved in a scheme that allowed the workers to obtain illegal telework jobs using false identities belonging to US citizens
18 May 2024
'Danger behind the beauty': more solar storms could be heading our way
Tourists normally have to pay big money and brave cold climates for a chance to see an aurora, but last weekend many people around the world simply had to look up to see these colourful displays dance across the sky
18 May 2024
Nancy Pelosi's husband's attacker jailed for 30 years
A man who attacked the elderly husband of former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison
18 May 2024
First aid enters Gaza via US-built pier
The first trucks began supplying aid to war-ravaged Gaza from a temporary pier on Friday, the US military said, as fighting raged in the Palestinian territory
18 May 2024
'Nice for them': White House jokes about Putin, Xi meeting
The White House said Friday that it had not seen any surprising advance in relations between China and Russia despite Vladimir Putin exchanging a hug with Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing
18 May 2024