Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally apologised to Qatar for the killing of a Qatari citizen during an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha earlier this month, an incident that drew widespread international condemnation.  The apology was conveyed

At least three students have died and dozens remain unaccounted for after an Islamic boarding school collapsed in East Java, Indonesia, authorities said. Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, reported that as of 12:30pm local time (0530 GMT) on Tuesday, 102

European and Middle Eastern leaders have voiced support for a new US peace initiative for Gaza, unveiled by President Donald Trump, who warned Hamas to accept the deal. The plan, formulated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for an immediate halt to military

Israeli forces have intensified air and artillery bombardments across Gaza, striking multiple neighbourhoods in Gaza City and reducing residential blocks to rubble as the conflict enters yet another escalation.  Thick plumes of smoke rose over the enclave as explosions echoed

China has officially opened the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge — now the world’s highest — to the public, heralding a new milestone in engineering and regional connectivity. The suspension bridge soars 625 metres (2,050 feet) above a deep gorge in Guizhou province,

A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and injuring eight others. Police shot and killed the suspect, authorities said. Hundreds of people were inside

At least 39 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a crowd crush at a political rally in Tamil Nadu, southern India, where popular film star Vijay was campaigning, state officials confirmed. “So far, 39 people have died—including 13 men, 17 women, four boys,

Sweeping UN economic and military sanctions have been reimposed on Iran, a decade after they were first lifted under a landmark nuclear accord. The renewed restrictions took effect after the UK, France, and Germany triggered the “snapback” mechanism, accusing Tehran of

A Russian “massive attack” on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has killed at least four people and left 27 others wounded, Ukrainian officials said. Residential areas of Kyiv were among several sites struck overnight as waves of drones targeted multiple regions, including

Israeli air and ground operations in the Gaza Strip killed at least 44 Palestinians on Saturday morning, according to health officials in the enclave.  The dead included members of a family in the Nuseirat refugee camp after a strike on their home. The attacks come as Israeli

Iran has recalled its ambassadors from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany for consultations, state media reported on Saturday, after the three European nations triggered a mechanism reinstating United Nations sanctions on Tehran for the first time in a decade. “Following the

The United Nations rights chief warned Friday that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war, as nearly 2,000 civilians have been killed in a surge of violence this year. The UN documented 1,854 killings, 1,693 injuries, 423 abductions and 169 cases of sexual violence from January to

AIMIM Chief and five-time Member of Parliament from the Hyderabad constituency, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that no Bangladeshi infiltrators are in Bihar, but Sheikh Hasina is residing in Delhi. The development comes amid the soaring

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a landmark case over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with funds from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court delivered its verdict

United States President Donald Trump has called for an investigation into what he described as “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York this week. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said he had written to UN Secretary-General

Indian authorities have imposed a curfew in Leh, the capital of the Himalayan region of Ladakh, after at least four people were killed in violent clashes between police and demonstrators calling for statehood. The unrest on Wednesday left dozens injured, and protesters set fire to the

Indonesia is ready to deploy 20,000 peacekeepers in Gaza, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday while addressing the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Prabowo stressed that as one of the "largest contributors to UN peacekeeping forces," the

More than 50 people have been killed in intensified Israeli bombardment of Gaza, with the United Nations accusing Israel of “inflicting terror on the Palestinian population of Gaza City” and forcing tens of thousands to flee. The strikes, among the deadliest in recent

Authorities in China have evacuated close to two million residents from the southern province of Guangdong as Super Typhoon Ragasa, the most powerful storm of the year globally, barrels toward the country’s southeastern coastline. The city of Zhuhai is bracing for an onslaught,

At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains. Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and Taiwan on Monday with heavy rain and strong winds,