Lam is viewed as the leading contender to keep the country's most powerful post, but the announcements are expected only at the five-yearly party congress scheduled for January 19-25.HANOI (Reuters) &...
Sheikh Faisal bin Abdul Malik Nauman, senior Muadhin at Masjid-e-Nabawi, passed away on Tuesday. The Presidency of Religious Affairs confirmed his death, offering condolences to his family..(Web Desk)...
International monitors have dismissed the vote starting on Sunday as a charade to rebrand Myanmar's military rule since a 2021 coup, which triggered a civil war.LASHIO (Myanmar) (AFP) – Myanmar&...
Residents say the attacks have targeted neighbourhoods east of the so-called Israeli-controlled Yellow Line – a demarcation established under the truce between Israel and Hamas.KHAN YUNIS (AFP) &nda...
Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, drawing renewed criticism from Denmark and Greenland over Washington's interest in mineral-rich Arctic island.PA...
Areas stretching from the Tuwaiq mountain range in the west to regions near Riyadh were covered in a striking blanket of snow.(Web Desk) - Saudi Arabia has seen an exceptionally rare snowfall across s...
Syria's state news agency SANA, citing the defense ministry, said the army's general command issued an order to stop targeting the SDF's fire sources.(Reuters) – Syrian government forces and the...
The State Department declined to provide a list of the diplomats being recalled. A senior department official said it was "a standard process in any administration" but critics said that was not so.WA...
The Justice Department released thousands of documents on Friday related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender who committed suicide in 2019..WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan anger over the U.S. Depar...
China is expanding and modernizing its weapons stockpile faster than any other nuclear-armed power, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a Chicago-based non-profit.WASHINGTON (Reuters) ...
New rules in Israel for registering non-governmental organisations, under which more than a dozen groups have already been rejected, could have a catastrophic impact on aid work in Gaza and West Bank....
At least three people were killed in the clashes, which came ahead of a deadline for implementing a March 10 agreement between Damascus and the Kurds to integrate the SDF.
.DAMASCUS (AFP) – T...
Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, as US naval forces pressed a blockade on the South American country's oil wealth.
.WASHINGTON (United Sta...
Renewed fighting this month shattered a previous truce and has killed at least 23 people in Thailand and 20 in Cambodia, while more than 900,000 have been displaced on both sides.
.KUALA LUMPUR (AF...
Authorities said the children, along with seven teachers and support staff, were the last batch of those taken by gunmen in the late November mass abduction in north-central Nigeria.
.MINNA (Nigeri...
Bangladesh has temporarily suspended visa and consular services in Delhi and Siliguri after protests and security incidents, while India rejected claims of threats to diplomatic safety..DHAKA (Web Des...
US triples stipend offer to migrants who 'self-deport' to $3,000
.(Reuters) - The Trump administration has tripled its stipend offer to migrants who choose to voluntarily "self-deport" from...
Another student leader has been shot in Bangladesh days after Sharif Osman Hadi's killing, with doctors confirming the injured NCP leader is now out of danger..DHAKA (Web Desk) – Another student...
