Talks on a ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse yesterday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and a merchant vessel was on fire after an attack in the Red Sea.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez died a decade ago, but a previously unpublished book by the author who popularised the Latin American “magical realism” narrative genre hit the stores yesterday, somewhat despite his wishes.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.

Donald Trump marched yesterday towards a bitter rematch against President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley threw in the towel after a thumping defeat in the “Super Tuesday” primaries.

The United Nations rights chief warned yesterday that the situation in chaos-wracked Haiti had become “beyond untenable”, with 1,193 people killed this year by gang violence.

Donald Trump marched towards a White House rematch with President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley was reportedly set to drop out after a heavy defeat in the "Super Tuesday" primaries

Gabriel Garcia Marquez died a decade ago, but a previously unpublished book by the author who popularised the Latin American "magical realism" narrative genre will hit the stores on Wednesday, somewhat despite his wishes

Bitcoin touched a record high on Tuesday, fuelled by investors pouring money into US spot exchange-traded crypto products and the prospect that global interest rates may fall

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would continue working towards achieving a ceasefire in Gaza with Israel despite the absence of Israeli negotiators from the latest round of talks in Cairo

India's first underwater metro route was inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he flagged off a train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Kolkata

US President Joe Biden called on Hamas on Tuesday to accept a Gaza ceasefire deal by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, while the Palestinian militant group warned talks for a truce and hostage release cannot go on "indefinitely"

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump expressed his support for Israel's war in Gaza Tuesday, in his most explicit comments yet on the fighting, as international pressure grows on the United States to rein in its ally

The United States on Tuesday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back "an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of all hostages," according to the text seen by Reuters

The UN's food agency on Tuesday said that its aid convoy had been turned away by Israeli forces at a checkpoint to northern Gaza, after which it was looted by "desperate people"

US President Joe Biden invited the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to attend his State of the Union speech on Thursday but she cannot attend, the White House said

Joe Biden warned that Donald Trump was "determined to destroy" US democracy, as both the Democratic president and his Republican rival scored big wins in the Super Tuesday primaries and head toward a rematch

Donald Trump won the first 11 primary elections, including Texas, as results came in from the 15 "Super Tuesday" states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination

Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms yesterday with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads locked out of their accounts

Iran executed at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015, as capital punishment in the Islamic republic surged to a “staggering” level, human rights groups said yesterday.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took back his spot as the world’s richest man on Monday, dethroning Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bezos’ net worth stands at USD200 billion, according to the tracker, surpassing the Tesla chief’s USD198 billion.