Japan’s space agency toasted a successful blast-off for its new flagship rocket yesterday, making it third time lucky after years of delays and two previous failed attempts.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2024.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels yesterday claimed an attack a day earlier on an oil tanker in the Red Sea, the latest in a series of strikes which have led to retaliation by Britain and the United States.

A 30-year-old man killed 12 relatives in Iran, official media reported yesterday, in a rare mass shooting in the country.

Tech giants including Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok signed a pledge Friday to crack down on AI content intended to deceive voters ahead of crucial elections around the world this year.

Ten people were killed and 15 more injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in India yesterday, police said.

Jailed former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be freed today, the kingdom’s prime minister has said, just six months after returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged allies at a global security conference yesterday to plug an “artificial” shortage of weapons that is giving Russia’s forces the upper hand on the battlefield.

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay USD355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing.

Israel said it had taken 100 people into custody at one of Gaza’s main hospitals yesterday after troops raided the facility, with fears mounting for patients and staff trapped inside.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday at least 28,858 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel

Russian police have detained more than 100 people at spontaneous memorials for deceased opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the OVD-Info rights group said Saturday

The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the US pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing current and former US officials

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that recognising a Palestinian state was "not a taboo for France" in his first such comments since the start of the war in Gaza

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The recognition of a Palestinian state is no longer a taboo for France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, suggesting Paris could make the decision if efforts for a two-state solution stalled because of Israeli opposition

Japan's space agency announced the successful launch of its new flagship rocket on Saturday, making it third time lucky for the H3 after years of delays and two previous failed attempts

The UN's top court rejected South Africa's request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was "bound to comply with existing measures."

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India’s northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region.