The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US. While the bill passed

Israel's military says it is trying to "flood" Gaza with aid as international pressure to address the territory's humanitarian crisis grows. Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said Israel would facilitate further aid convoys, after a new land route opened up to deliver food to

Israeli police say a Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people at a checkpoint near Jerusalem before being shot Wednesday. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said the two people who were stabbed were in “mild to moderate condition.” Israeli police said the two

Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home in Lithuania on Tuesday, independent Russian media outlets and Navalny’s spokeswoman said. Volkov, 43, is a leading Russian opposition figure and was one of Navalny’s

US President Joe Biden and predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their respective parties' nominations for president, CBS projects. Four states, one American territory and Democrats living abroad held their primaries on Tuesday. The results

The Prime Minister Modi-led BJP government on Monday notified the Citizenship Amendment Act rules. The implementation of CAA comes ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha poll dates. The Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, said, “Ministry of Home

The WHO chief says an aid mission managed to reach Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza, bringing food and medical supplies, as the Health Ministry says 2,000 medical workers in the north face famine. The US says Israel has not yet presented a plan to protect civilians in its planned

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, the chair of the Caribbean group of countries has said, following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the country. It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti.

Portugal's election outcome leaves the nation in a state of uncertainty regarding its future, while simultaneously boosting the morale of the radical right across Europe. Portugal faces weeks of political uncertainty following inconclusive general election results, which also

The US says it will contribute a further $100m (£78m) to an international security force in Haiti as violence grips the country. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said nations were "coming together in a positive direction" over the crisis following emergency talks on

Donald Trump defended Monday his proposal of a universal 10 percent tariff on imports, suggesting tax cuts could help offset its impact on households while outlining his views on other economic issues. The Republican challenger to US President Joe Biden in November’s presidential

Instead, the 2025 budget serves as a blueprint of the administration's policy priorities, and highlights the sharp divisions between Democrats and Republicans ahead of Biden's likely rematch with former president Donald Trump in November. In a speech in Washington on Monday

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says that “hunger is everywhere in Gaza” as Ramadan begins and reiterates calls for an “immediate ceasefire” during the fasting month. Israeli forces prevented hundreds of Palestinians from entering the Al-Aqsa

Ramadan will begin on Monday, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE announced, with the Muslim holy fasting month taking place against a backdrop of devastating war in Gaza. Saudi Arabia, which is home to Islam's holiest sites, said through its official SPA news agency on Sunday that the

Tensions have gripped the country since early February, when a bid by President Macky Sall to postpone by 10 months a vote that had been due to take place on Feb. 25 provoked widespread protests and warnings by critics of democratic backsliding. Senegal, a country of 18 million, is

US, British and French forces say they repelled a series of Iranian-backed Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen. US military said at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) were downed over the Red Sea early on Saturday. Along with coalition forces, the US said it acted after

Tens of thousands of people have marched in central London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), made its way from Hyde Park Corner to the US Embassy in Nine Elms. It was the 10th pro-Palestinian march in

As the European parliamentary elections in June move ever closer, experts warn that pro-Russian players are flooding social media with false claims about the war in Ukraine to boost support for far-right and nationalist parties. Pro-Russian accounts have been pumping out posts on

A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army says. The support ship, General Frank S Besson, set sail from a military base in the state of Virginia on Saturday. It comes after President Joe Biden

Pakistan on Saturday elected Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain first female prime minister Benazir Bhutto, as the country’s 14th president for next five years. Zardari, the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), becomes the first civilian who is elected as president